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(n)
The characteristic of being hasty.
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The state of being hurried.
(v)
(intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.
Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
A rapid surging motion.
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A zip fastener.
(chiefly imperative) Pay attention; be alert.
A sudden forward motion.
move very fast
(adj)
Acting or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having little time.
(intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
(colloquial) Something made or done swiftly.
(adv)
Quickly; as fast as possible; in short order.
(informal) Rapid and without delay.
Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.
Quickly.
(transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
With speed; in a rapid manner.
Very swift or quick.
Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
(transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
(transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
(informal) To work.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
To move swiftly.
The quality or condition of being urgent.
(sometimes attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
Requiring immediate attention.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
The act of invigorating or the state of being invigorated.
(transitive) To put off until a later time; to defer.
To move toward the speaker.
(manner) At a slow pace.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
(informal) Quickly, very soon, promptly.
(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
Initialism of as soon as possible. [As soon as is possible; at one's earliest convenience; at the earliest possible time.]
In a prompt manner.
(medicine) With no delay; at once.
(computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
Short in length of time from the present.
(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
rather.
In a rash or reckless manner, without regard for cost or consequence
At the present time.
One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.
(intransitive) To swim under water.
The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
A fawning, servile follower.
The day immediately before today; one day ago.
A sequence of events.
An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures.
A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
(now chiefly US) Sunset.
Information about current events disseminated by the media.
(intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.
A message transmitted by telegraph.
(aviation) The speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it is flying.
(physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
(uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of pressurize. [To put (physical) pressure on; to put under pressure.]
A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
(often treated as uncountable) The means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
(biblical) one of the Magi.
Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
(zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
A female given name from French, a feminine form of John.
A surname.
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A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
A short race at top speed.
A humming noise from something moving very fast.
To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
(intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
(countable, uncountable) An excited activity; a stir.
A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
(intransitive) To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.
The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
(intransitive) To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.