Usually means: Very quickly; with great speed.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. pdq: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. PDQ, PDQ: Merriam-Webster
  3. p.d.q: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. PDQ: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pdq: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pdq: Wordnik
  7. PDQ, pdq: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. PDQ: Wiktionary
  9. pdq: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. PDQ: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. P.D.Q: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. PDQ, p.d.q: Dictionary.com
  13. P.D.Q: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. PDQ (computer), PDQ (disambiguation), PDQ (game show), PDQ, Pdq: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. PDQ: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  16. PDQ: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. PDQ: Netlingo
  2. SMS Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. PDQ: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. PDQ: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  3. PDQ: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  4. PDQ: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PDQ: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PDQ: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING

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adverb:  (colloquial) Initialism of pretty damned/darn quick: very quickly, as quickly as possible.

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