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PDQ

 (pē′dē-kyo͞o′)
adv. Informal
At once; immediately.

[p(retty) d(amned) q(uick).]
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pdq

abbreviation for
pretty damn quick
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PDQ

or P.D.Q.,

immediately.
[1870–75; p(retty)d(amn)q(uick)]
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Translations

PDQ

(inf) abbr of pretty damned quickverdammt schnell (inf)
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But PDQ Engineering, on Washington's Hertburn Industrial Estate, supplied them with about two thirds of its parts.
In costing the bill of materials for the production of 1,000 units of product PDQ, the R/3 system would link production planning's BOM for PDQ with material management's "bill of services," which specifies the portion of a pallet required by each unit of the various raw materials.
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Fabrication of topsides modules for the PDQ unit is now in progress at a Morgan City, LA yard.
Well, as luck would have it, on my return trip to Minot Air Force Base, N.D., I was sitting in another big airport on a layover, staring out the window and watching the baggage guys--did I mention that they can load up a jet PDQ? Anyway, I'm watching the baggage guys and--Yup, you guessed it--there it was again: FO!
Both the Common UNIX Printing System and PDQ allow MINOLTA-QMS to enable device-specific features, such as paper input trays or duplex printing options, by providing PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files to the CUPS or PDQ environments.
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