DOUBLEQUICK

Dou"ble-quick`, a. (Mil.)

Definition: Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march.

Dou"ble-quick`, n.

Definition: Double-quick time, step, or march.

Note: Double-quick time requires 165 steps, each 33 inches in length, to be taken in one minute. The number of steps may be increased up to 180 per minute.

Dou"ble-quick`, v. i. & t. (Mil.)

Definition: To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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11 May 2024

FATIGUE

(noun) (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; “he was suffering from museum fatigue”; “after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue”; “the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue”; “political fatigue”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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