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- adjective Alternative form of
quick-fire .
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Examples
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Padma introduces them to the Top Chef kitchen, mentions that they've all brought $200 of ingredients they can't live without and announces the quickfire, which is to create a deep-dish pizza in 90 minutes, to deliver to our guest judge.
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The quickfire will be a fish-filleting contest, which could be a problem for Leah because she's has had some boning-related problems lately.
Gawker 2009
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They will compete for a charity of their choice and earn $5,000 and $10,000, respectively, for every quickfire and elimination challenge they win.
Top Chef Masters Welcomes New Judge Ruth Reichl, New Format 2011
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And as seafood mecca Le Bernadin's master butcher, Justo Thomas who helped Bourdain judge the quickfire, might tell you, a fish rots from the head.
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The 12 cheftestants will take part in quickfire and elimination-style challenges.
Top Chef Masters Welcomes New Judge Ruth Reichl, New Format 2011
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In 1964 Hampshire himself had scored a quickfire 42 against the Australians at Park Avenue only to hear someone shout from the crowd: "What's tha' think it is, t'bloody Scarborough Festival?"
Pakistan's Azhar joins Barnacle and Boycott as new kid with the block | Rob Bagchi 2012
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Waterford's opponents when that quickfire brace was scored were not Mervue
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Following his sweep of the Muppets cookie quickfire and the Target all-night elimination challenge, Dale Talde was getting a little big for his britches "I crushed an episode!" he exclaimed.
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It was on the evening news and the Boston reporter, all quickfire and soft soap, had lined up an elderly Maine fellow to see if he had ever seen anything like this before.
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Pride goeth before the fall: His oyster-wrapped steak failed to impress guest judge Paula Deen in the quickfire, and his Gulf Coast Seafood stew suffered from undercooked potatoes and too much mustard on the croutons.
blacksmith_tb commented on the word quickfire
The modern usages seem to focus on some kind of contest; the wikipedia article makes clear there's an older, more ominous meaning.
March 16, 2010