quickie article
- noun
- Literature
- Many online magazines rely on quickie articles to keep their content fresh.
Examples
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He dashed off a quickie article about the event, knowing it wasn't his best work.
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She submitted a quickie article to the local newspaper before the deadline.
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I wrote a quickie article for the blog.
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These quickie articles are easy to read.
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He dashed off a quickie article about the event, knowing it wasn't his best work.
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Many online magazines rely on quickie articles to keep their content fresh.
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She submitted a quickie article to the local newspaper before the deadline.
Synonyms
33
7.3
A short job done quickly without much care
23
3.9
A short article that describes an event, often in a newspaper or magazine
5
1.2
A short, easy book or article you can read quickly
1
9.8
To write a short clever or critical article for a newspaper
Antonyms
- Literature
2
4.5
A large newspaper with serious news and long articles that explain events
How Thorough
1
4.9
- Literature
5
3.8
- Literature
27
5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a short, informal article produced quickly' is directly derivable from combining 'quickie' (a quick/hastily done item) with 'article' (a written piece). This is a productive, compositional formation (quick + -ie) and therefore a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning, although the term is informal/slang in register.
Etymology
Quickie article comes from the word quick meaning 'fast' plus the friendly ending '-ie' that makes something small or informal, together with article meaning a short news or magazine piece. So the phrase gives the image of a small piece written very quickly, and that's why a quickie article means 'a short, informal article made quickly'.