food, as hamburgers, pizza, or fried chicken, that is prepared in quantity by a standardized method and can be dispensed quickly at inexpensive restaurants for eating there or elsewhere.
Origin
1965-70, Americanism
fast-food
[fast-food, fahst-] /ˈfæstˈfud, ˈfɑst-/
adjective
1.
of or specializing in fast food.
Origin
1965-70, Americanism
Examples from the web for fast food
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Most guests don't even know that they're being kept warm by the grease left in the fast food fryer.
Learn about the beginnings of the fast food phenomenon.
fast food and motel franchises replaced small businesses.
British Dictionary definitions for fast food
fast food
noun
1.
food that requires little preparation before being served
adjective
2.
(of a restaurant, café, etc) serving such food
Slang definitions & phrases for fast food
fast food
modifier
: a fast-food chain
noun phrase
Food like hamburgers, fried chicken, etc, cooked and served very rapidly and uniformly, usually by large catering corporations (1951+)