To move swiftly

• nip

  1. To seize and pinch or bite:
  2. To remove or sever by pinching or snipping:
  3. To bite or sting with the cold; chill.

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• highball

  1. A cocktail served in a tall glass and consisting of liquor, such as whiskey, mixed with water or a carbonated beverage.
  2. A railroad signal indicating full speed ahead.
  3. A high-speed train.

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• barrel

  1. A large cylindrical container, usually made of staves bound together with hoops, with a flat top and bottom of equal diameter.
  2. The quantity that a barrel with a given or standard capacity will hold.
  3. Any of various units of volume or capacity. In the US Customary System it varies, as a liquid measure, from 31 to 42 gallons (117 to 159 liters) as established by law or usage.

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• rip

  1. To cut, tear apart, or tear away roughly or energetically.
  2. To cause to be pulled apart, as by an accident:
  3. To split or saw (wood) along the grain.

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• hotfoot

  1. To go in haste. Often used with it :
  2. In haste.
  3. The practical joke of lighting a match that has been secretly inserted between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe.

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• zoom

  1. To make a continuous low-pitched buzzing or humming sound:
  2. To move while making such a sound:
  3. To move rapidly:

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• zip

  1. A brief sharp hissing sound.
  2. Energy; vim:
  3. A zipper.

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• wing

  1. One of a pair of movable appendages used for flying, as the feather-covered modified forelimb of a bird or the skin-covered modified forelimb of a bat or pterosaur.
  2. One of the one or two pairs of membranous structures used for flying that extend from the thorax of an insect.
  3. A structure or part used by an animal for gliding through the air, as the folds of skin of a flying squirrel or the enlarged pectoral fins of a flying fish.

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• whiz

  1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.
  2. To move or do something quickly:
  3. To pass quickly:

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• whisk

  1. To move or cause to move with quick light sweeping motions:
  2. To whip (eggs or cream).
  3. To move lightly, nimbly, and rapidly.

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• whirl

  1. To rotate rapidly about a center or an axis; spin.
  2. To move while rotating or turning about:
  3. To turn rapidly, changing direction; wheel:

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• trot

  1. The gait of a horse or other four-footed animal, between a walk and a canter in speed, in which diagonal pairs of legs move forward together.
  2. A ride on a horse moving with this gait.
  3. A gait of a person, faster than a walk; a jog.

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• tear

  1. To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend.
  2. To cause to be pulled apart unintentionally, as by accident:
  3. To lacerate (the skin, for example).

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• sprint

  1. The act or an instance of sprinting, especially a short race at top speed.
  2. A burst of speed or activity.
  3. To move rapidly or at top speed for a brief period, as in running or swimming.

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• speed

  1. Distance traveled divided by the time of travel.
  2. The limit of this quotient as the time of travel becomes vanishingly small; the first derivative of distance with respect to time.
  3. The magnitude of a velocity.

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• shoot

  1. To hit, wound, or kill with a missile fired from a weapon.
  2. To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile:
  3. To make (a hole, for example) by firing a weapon.

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• scour

  1. To clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously:
  2. To remove by scrubbing:
  3. To remove dirt or grease from (cloth or fibers) by means of a detergent.

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• scoot

  1. To move or go suddenly and speedily; hurry.
  2. To squirt with water:

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• sail

  1. A piece of fabric sewn together and fitted to the spars and rigging of a vessel so as to convert the force of the wind into forward motion of the vessel.
  2. The sails of a ship or boat.
  3. A narrow fairwater supporting the bridge of a submarine.

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• rush

  1. To move swiftly; hurry:
  2. To act with great haste:
  3. To make a sudden or swift attack or charge:

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• run

  1. To move swiftly on foot so that both or all feet are not on the ground during each stride.
  2. To retreat rapidly; flee:
  3. To depart; leave:

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• rocket

  1. A rocket engine.
  2. A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space.
  3. A projectile weapon carrying a warhead that is powered and propelled by rockets.

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• race

  1. A group of people identified as distinct from other groups because of supposed physical or genetic traits shared by the group. Most biologists and anthropologists do not recognize race as a biologically valid classification, in part because there is more genetic variation within groups than between them.
  2. A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution:
  3. A genealogical line; a lineage.

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• pelt

  1. The skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it.
  2. A stripped animal skin ready for tanning.

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• hustle

  1. To move or act energetically and rapidly:
  2. To push or force one's way.
  3. To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.

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• hurry

  1. To move or act with speed or haste.
  2. To cause to move or act with speed or haste:
  3. To cause to move or act with undue haste; rush:

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• hasten

  1. To move or act swiftly.
  2. To cause to move or act swiftly:
  3. To cause to happen sooner than otherwise would be the case:

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• haste

  1. Rapidity of action or motion:
  2. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness:
  3. To hasten or cause to hasten.

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• fly

  1. To move through the air by means of wings or winglike parts.
  2. To travel by air:
  3. To operate an aircraft or spacecraft.

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• fleet

  1. A number of warships operating together under one command.
  2. A group of vessels or vehicles, such as taxicabs or fishing boats, owned or operated as a unit.

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• flash

  1. To burst forth into or as if into flame.
  2. To give off light or be lighted in sudden or intermittent bursts.
  3. To appear or occur suddenly:

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• festinate

  1. Hasty.
  2. To hasten.

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• dash

  1. To move with haste; rush:
  2. To strike violently; smash:
  3. To break or smash by striking violently:

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• dart

  1. A slender, pointed missile, often having tail fins, thrown by hand, shot from a blowgun, or expelled by an exploding bomb.
  2. A game in which such missiles are thrown at a target.
  3. An object likened to such a missile.

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• bustle

  1. To move or cause to move energetically and busily.
  2. Excited and often noisy activity; a stir.

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• bucket

  1. A cylindrical vessel used for holding or carrying liquids or solids; a pail.
  2. The amount that a bucket can hold:
  3. A unit of dry measure in the US Customary System equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters).

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• bolt

  1. A bar made of wood or metal that slides into a socket and is used to fasten doors and gates.
  2. A metal bar or rod in the mechanism of a lock that is thrown or withdrawn by turning the key.
  3. A fastener consisting of a threaded pin or rod with a head at one end, designed to be inserted through holes in assembled parts and secured by a mated nut that is tightened by applying torque.

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To move quickly, lightly, and irregularly like a bird in flight

• hover

  1. To remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air:
  2. To remain or linger in or near a place:
  3. To remain in an uncertain state; waver:

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• flutter

  1. To wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner:
  2. To fly by a quick light flapping of the wings.
  3. To flap the wings without flying.

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• flitter

  1. To flutter.

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• flicker

  1. To move waveringly; flutter:
  2. To burn or shine unsteadily or fitfully:
  3. To be displayed with fluctuating brightness:

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To move through the air with or as if with wings

• wing

  1. One of a pair of movable appendages used for flying, as the feather-covered modified forelimb of a bird or the skin-covered modified forelimb of a bat or pterosaur.
  2. One of the one or two pairs of membranous structures used for flying that extend from the thorax of an insect.
  3. A structure or part used by an animal for gliding through the air, as the folds of skin of a flying squirrel or the enlarged pectoral fins of a flying fish.

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• sail

  1. A piece of fabric sewn together and fitted to the spars and rigging of a vessel so as to convert the force of the wind into forward motion of the vessel.
  2. The sails of a ship or boat.
  3. A narrow fairwater supporting the bridge of a submarine.

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• fly

  1. To move through the air by means of wings or winglike parts.
  2. To travel by air:
  3. To operate an aircraft or spacecraft.

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• flutter

  1. To wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner:
  2. To fly by a quick light flapping of the wings.
  3. To flap the wings without flying.

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• flitter

  1. To flutter.

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• flap

  1. A projecting or hanging piece usually attached to something on one side and often intended to protect or cover:
  2. Either of the folded ends of a book jacket that fit inside the front and back covers.
  3. A variable control surface on the trailing edge of an aircraft wing, used primarily to increase lift or drag.

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