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quickstepping

quickstepping is the present participle and gerund of quickstep.

Meaning of quickstep

Verb

quickstep (third-person singular simple present quicksteps, present participle quickstepping, simple past and past participle quickstepped)

  1. To dance the quickstep.
  2. To move with a hurried step.
    • "Nice to see you, too, Vidar" , Kate said, and she and Mutt quickstepped inside.2009, Dana Stabenow, Whisper to the Blood, →ISBN, page 164

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Questions about quickstepping

What is quickstepping the present participle and gerund of?
Quickstepping is the present participle and gerund of quickstep.

Words near quickstepping in the dictionary

  1. quicksorts
  2. quickstart
  3. quickstarts
  4. quickstep
  5. quickstepped
  6. quickstepping
  7. quicksteps
  8. quickstick
  9. quicksticks
  10. quickthorn
  11. quickthorns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quickstepping (page history and authors); quickstep (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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