double time
Premium holiday wages
Double time is twice the normal rate—of pay or pace.
Workers earn double time for holiday shifts.
In music, double time doubles the tempo or rhythmic density while keeping the same harmonic pace.
As a military command, double time! orders troops to move at a run: The sergeant had them double-timing across the parade ground.
Brisk tempo marking
- prestoVery fast tempo
- accelerandoGradual tempo increase
- vivaceLively musical tempo
- upbeatCheerfully optimistic
metronome · quickstep · brisk · fast-paced · rhythm · beat · syncopation · percussion
allegro
Brisk tempo marking
- prestoVery fast tempo
- accelerandoGradual tempo increase
- vivaceLively musical tempo
upbeat · metronome · quickstep · brisk · fast-paced · rhythm · beat · syncopation · percussion · drumbeat
cadence
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
platoon · sergeant · infantry · battalion · parade · boot camp · command · step · pace · quick march
- overtimeovertime pay, overtime hours, overtime rate, overtime rules, triple overtime
- military marchingquick march, slow march, half step, goose step, funeral march
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- rhythmbeat, pulse, tempo, downbeat, upbeat
- compensationpay, salary, income, wage, bonus
- hurry uphurry, hurry up, rush, hustle, move it
double timehalf time
Midpoint pause in games
slow tempo · adagio · largo · slow motion · decelerated
double timehalf step
Smallest Western musical interval
slow march · quick time · mark time · halt · at ease
time, double, doubled, doubling, doubles, redouble, redoubled, redoubling, double-time