quickie

UK: /ˈkwɪki/ US: /ˈkwɪki/ ,(kwik′ē)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

quick•ie /ˈkwɪki/   n. [countable] [Informal.]

1. Informal Terms something produced, done, or enjoyed in only a short time.

adj. 

2. Informal Terms accomplished quickly with little ceremony, fuss, or bother:
   a quickie meal.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

quick•ie  (kwik′ē), [Informal.]
n. 

1. Informal Terms a book, story, movie, etc., usually trivial in quality, requiring only a short time to produce.
2. Informal Terms a quickly consumed alcoholic drink.
3. Informal Terms anything taking only a short time, esp. a hurried sexual encounter.

adj. 

4. Informal Terms done, made, assembled, etc., quickly or hurriedly:
   I'll fix a quickie meal after I get home from the office.
5. Informal Terms achieved or acquired with a minimum of formality:
   a quickie divorce.

• quick + -ie 1925–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

quickie, quicky / ˈkwɪkɪ/ noun

1. Also called (esp Brit): quick one a speedily consumed alcoholic drink
2. anything made, done, produced, or consumed rapidly or in haste
3. (as modifier): a quickie divorce, a quickie ceremony