quick-change

Swift costume swap

Quick-change describes the ability to transform rapidly, especially switching costumes or appearances.

A quick-change artist in theater changes outfits in seconds between scenes.

The term extends to anything designed for rapid switching: a quick-change chuck on a drill allows fast bit replacement.

As a verb, to quick-change is to perform such a rapid transformation.

theatrical

costume

Clothing for portrayal

wardrobe · dresser · transformation · act · vaudeville · illusion · magician · stage · wings · velcro

adaptation

flexible

Able to bend freely

pivoting · adjustable · nimble · adaptive · shifting · dynamic · switching · modular · convertible · transitional

mechanical

gearbox

Enclosed system of cogs

  • toolingIndustrial machinery preparation
  • chuckThrow carelessly or informally
  • latheRotating shaping machine

setup · fixture · machining · adapter · spindle · CNC · interchangeable · coupling · collet · manufacturing

Categories
Opposites
speed of transformation

quick-changeslow reveal

Gradual unveiling of information

gradual change · striptease

permanence/stability

quick-changefixed

Restored or immovable

static · unchanging · constant · permanent · stable

Family

quick, change, quicker, quickest, quickly, quickness, changed, changes, changing

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G