quickie

quickie
/kwik"ee/, Informal.
n.
1. a book, story, movie, etc., usually trivial in quality, requiring only a short time to produce.
2. a quickly consumed alcoholic drink.
3. anything taking only a short time, esp. a hurried sexual encounter.
adj.
4. done, made, assembled, etc., quickly or hurriedly: I'll fix a quickie meal after I get home from the office.
5. achieved or acquired with a minimum of formality: a quickie divorce.
[1925-30; QUICK + -IE]

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