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double time

noun, verb — 6 senses

double time

nounalso spelled double-time
1

Government, Military, Politics, War A fast marching pace of 180 steps per minute, 36 inches in length for the Marine Corps and Navy, 30 inches in length for the Army. It is not really double the speed of quick time as quick time is 112-120 steps per minute.

2

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A musical rhythm twice as fast as the overall beat, with this pattern of note lengths: 3/16 3/16 1/4 3/16 3/16.

3

Dance, Dancing, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A dance step pattern with six steps.

4

A rate of pay that is twice the normal rate (for reasons such as working on a holiday or working hazardous duty).

Derived terms
double-time
Related terms
at the double
Coordinate terms
half-time, triple time

double-time

verb
1

Government, Military, Politics, War To march at double time.

2

Government, Military, Politics, War To order troops to march at double time.

  • […]after ten or fifteen minutes of preparation, he stopped the artillery and instructed Corporal Lamb to double-time his platoon to the intermediate knoll under cover of fire from the machine guns.1954, Russell A. Gugeler, “Combat Actions in Korea”, in CMH Publication 30-2:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for double time and double-time.

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