often attributive
: something done or made in a hurry: such as
a
: a quickly and usually cheaply produced work (such as a movie or book)
b
: a hastily performed act of sexual intercourse
Examples of quickie in a Sentence
“Do you have any other questions?” “Just a quickie.”
I would like to have a meeting. It'll be a quickie.
Recent Examples on the Web
Encompassing all 20 numbers from the latest album and not a single song that existed prior to it (rounded out to 22 with a quickie Nina Simone cover and a duet with Jay Som on their 2025 collab), the 95-minute set couldn’t have been less of a career retrospective.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 15 May 2026
That’s one of his first big risks — the other being a backroom quickie with his married childhood friend, Rachel (Odessa A’zion, who perfectly matches pitch with Chalamet).
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
There are glimpses of a backstage farce, with Nora trying to use a quickie with her married stage-manager lover (longtime Trier regular Anders Danielsen Lie) to quell a panic attack on opening night, then threatening to bolt.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
In other words, this is not the time for a self-love quickie.
—Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 8 Apr. 2024
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Chris Willman, Variety, 15 May 2026
That’s one of his first big risks — the other being a backroom quickie with his married childhood friend, Rachel (Odessa A’zion, who perfectly matches pitch with Chalamet).
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
There are glimpses of a backstage farce, with Nora trying to use a quickie with her married stage-manager lover (longtime Trier regular Anders Danielsen Lie) to quell a panic attack on opening night, then threatening to bolt.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
In other words, this is not the time for a self-love quickie.
—Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 8 Apr. 2024
See All Example Sentences for quickie
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“Quickie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quickie. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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quickie
noun
quick·ie
ˈkwik-ē 
: something done or made in a hurry
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