quickie article
- noun
- Literature
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artículo rápido
- 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
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7.3
A short job done quickly without much care
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3.9
A short article that describes an event, often in a newspaper or magazine
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1.2
A short, easy book or article you can read quickly
To write a short clever or critical article for a newspaper
Antonyms
- Literature
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4.5
A large newspaper with serious news and long articles that explain events
How Thorough
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'.