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briskness
The property of being brisk.
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  1. The property of being brisk.
alacrity
Cheerful willingness; eagerness.
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  1. Cheerful willingness; eagerness.
  2. Speed or quickness; celerity.
  3. Eager willingness or readiness, often manifested by quick, lively action
dash
To throw so as to break; smash
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  1. To throw so as to break; smash
  2. To move swiftly or impetuously; rush
  3. To write hastily. Often used with off :
swiftness
The state of being swift
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  1. The state of being swift
celerity
Swiftness of action or motion; speed.
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  1. Swiftness of action or motion; speed.
  2. Swiftness in acting or moving; speed
activity
The quality or state of being active; action
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  1. The quality or state of being active; action
  2. An educational process or procedure intended to stimulate learning through actual experience.
  3. A physiological process:
haste
The act of hurrying carelessly or recklessly
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  1. The act of hurrying carelessly or recklessly
  2. Rapidity of action or motion:
  3. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness:
hurry
Eagerness to do, act, go, etc. quickly
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  1. Eagerness to do, act, go, etc. quickly
  2. The need or wish to hurry; a condition of urgency:
  3. Activity or motion that is often unduly hurried; haste:
promptitude
The quality of being prompt; promptness
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  1. The quality of being prompt; promptness
acceleration
The hastening of a real property owner’s enjoyment, or the vesting, of his remainder interest in an estate because of the failure or premature termination of a preceding estate.
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  1. The hastening of a real property owner’s enjoyment, or the vesting, of his remainder interest in an estate because of the failure or premature termination of a preceding estate.
  2. (Physics) The rate of change of velocity with respect to time.
  3. The rate of change in the velocity of a moving body
dispatch
Efficient speed; promptness
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  1. Efficient speed; promptness
  2. A written message, particularly an official communication, sent with speed.
  3. Speed in performance or movement.
velocity
Rate of change of position, in relation to time;
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  1. Rate of change of position, in relation to time;
  2. The rate at which money changes hands in an economy.
  3. The rate of speed of action or occurrence.
readiness
The quality or state of being ready
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  1. The quality or state of being ready
agility
The state or quality of being agile; nimbleness.
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  1. The state or quality of being agile; nimbleness.
liveliness
The quality of being lively; animation; energy.
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  1. The quality of being lively; animation; energy.
momentum
The force or energy exhibited by a moving body:
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  1. The force or energy exhibited by a moving body:
  2. Strength or force that keeps growing or building
  3. A vector quantity that expresses the relation of the velocity of a body, wave, field, or other physical system, to its energy. The direction of the momentum of a single object indicates the direction of its motion. Momentum is a conserved quantity (it remains constant unless acted upon by an outside force), and is related by Noether's theorem to translational invariance . In classical mechanics, momentum is defined as mass times velocity. The theory of Special Relativity uses the concept of relativistic mass . The momentum of photons, which are massless, is equal to their energy divided by the speed of light. In quantum mechanics, momentum more generally refers to a mathematical operator applied to the wave equation describing a physical system and corresponding to an observable ; solutions to the equation using this operator provide the vector quantity traditionally called momentum. In all of these applications, momentum is sometimes called linear momentum.
promptness
The habit of adhering to a designated time.
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  1. The habit of adhering to a designated time.
  2. The habit or characteristic of doing things without delay.
expedition
A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective:
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  1. A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective:
  2. Efficient speed; dispatch
  3. A sending forth or starting out on a journey, voyage, march, etc. for some definite purpose, as exploration or battle
rapidity
(Physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam#s axis
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  1. (Physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam#s axis
  2. (Physics) A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light
  3. Speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
pace
A particular way of walking, running, etc. (of a person or animal); gait; walk
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  1. A particular way of walking, running, etc. (of a person or animal); gait; walk
  2. The rate of speed at which a person, animal, or group walks or runs.
  3. The rate of speed at which an activity or movement proceeds.
precipitation
The quantity of such water falling in a specific area within a specific period.
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  1. The quantity of such water falling in a specific area within a specific period.
  2. (Figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
  3. (Meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.
rush
Any of a genus (Juncus) of plants of the rush family, having small, greenish flowers: rushes usually grow in wet places and the round stems and pliant leaves of some species are used in making baskets, mats, ropes, etc.
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  1. Any of a genus (Juncus) of plants of the rush family, having small, greenish flowers: rushes usually grow in wet places and the round stems and pliant leaves of some species are used in making baskets, mats, ropes, etc.
  2. The stem of one of these plants, used in making baskets, mats, and chair seats.
  3. A rapid, often noisy flow or passage:
precipitancy
Suddenness; excessive haste.
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  1. Suddenness; excessive haste.
  2. A being precipitate; great haste; rashness
  3. Action or thought marked by impulsiveness or rash haste.
urgency
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
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  1. The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
  2. The quality or condition of being urgent; pressing importance:
  3. The quality or state of being urgent; need for action, haste, etc.; stress or pressure, as of necessity
legerity
Physical or mental agility or quickness; nimbleness
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  1. Physical or mental agility or quickness; nimbleness
  2. Alert quickness of mind or body
rate
A quantity measured with respect to another measured quantity:
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  1. A quantity measured with respect to another measured quantity:
  2. A charge or payment calculated in relation to a particular sum or quantity:
  3. A measure of a part with respect to a whole; a proportion:
headway
Progress or success in work, etc.
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  1. Progress or success in work, etc.
  2. Forward movement or the rate of forward movement, especially of a ship.
  3. (Nautical) Forward motion, or its rate.
breeze
A substance left when coke, coal, or charcoal is burned or processed: it is used as a filler for concrete, etc.
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  1. A substance left when coke, coal, or charcoal is burned or processed: it is used as a filler for concrete, etc.
  2. A light current of air; wind, esp. a gentle wind
  3. Small pieces of coke or coal with a diameter of 1.27 cm (.5 in) or less
bat
(Ceramics) A disk made of plastic, plaster, etc. attached to the top of a potter's wheel and upon which clay is placed for shaping
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  1. (Ceramics) A disk made of plastic, plaster, etc. attached to the top of a potter's wheel and upon which clay is placed for shaping
  2. (Baseball) A rounded, often wooden club, wider and heavier at the hitting end and tapering at the handle, used to strike the ball.
  3. Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation. They look like a mouse with membranous wings extending from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail. Altogether, there are about 1,000 bat species in the world.
clip
(Informal) A pace or rate:
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  1. (Informal) A pace or rate:
  2. A single occasion; a time:
  3. (Film, TV) A sequence of film, videotape, etc., as a short selection taken from a longer feature or a brief piece inserted in a newscast
snap
The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
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  1. The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
  2. A small nuclear power source designed to provide electricity for satellites, remote automatic weather stations, etc.
  3. The sound produced by rapid movement of a finger from the thumb tip to the base of the thumb.
steam
The power supplied by steam under pressure
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  1. The power supplied by steam under pressure
  2. The power produced by a machine using pressurized water vapor:
  3. Power; energy:
race
Any of several extensive human populations associated with broadly defined regions of the world and distinguished from one another on the basis of inheritable physical characteristics, traditionally conceived as including such traits as pigmentation, hair texture, and facial features. Because the number of genes responsible for such physical variations is tiny in comparison to the size of the human genome and because genetic variation among members of a traditionally recognized racial group is generally as great as between two such groups, most scientists now consider race to be primarily a social rather than a scientific concept.
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  1. Any of several extensive human populations associated with broadly defined regions of the world and distinguished from one another on the basis of inheritable physical characteristics, traditionally conceived as including such traits as pigmentation, hair texture, and facial features. Because the number of genes responsible for such physical variations is tiny in comparison to the size of the human genome and because genetic variation among members of a traditionally recognized racial group is generally as great as between two such groups, most scientists now consider race to be primarily a social rather than a scientific concept.
  2. To enter or run (a horse, etc.) in a race
  3. (Sports) To compete against in a race.
rush
To pass, come, go, come into view, act, etc. swiftly, suddenly, or hastily
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  1. To pass, come, go, come into view, act, etc. swiftly, suddenly, or hastily
  2. To do, make, or cause to move, go, or act, with unusual or excessive speed or haste; hurry
  3. To perform with great haste:
crowd-sail
(Nautical) To carry an unusual amount of sail in an attempt to accelerate the speed of a vessel.
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  1. (Nautical) To carry an unusual amount of sail in an attempt to accelerate the speed of a vessel.
go-all-out
(Idiomatic) To reserve nothing; to put forth all possible effort or resources.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To reserve nothing; to put forth all possible effort or resources.
gear-up
(Idiomatic) To prepare for an activity.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To prepare for an activity.
go-it
To proceed; to make progress.
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  1. To proceed; to make progress.
  2. To behave in a wild, uproarious manner; to carry on.
expedite
To do quickly
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  1. To do quickly
  2. (Rare) To send off; issue officially; dispatch
  3. To speed up the progress of or execute quickly:
advance
To serve as an advance person for a trip to be made by a politician or a dignitary.
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  1. To serve as an advance person for a trip to be made by a politician or a dignitary.
  2. To move against another, as when attacking:
  3. To cause to move forward:
further
To help the progress of; promote.
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  1. To help the progress of; promote.
  2. At or to a greater distance or more remote point in space or time; farther
  3. In addition; moreover
pace
A particular way of walking, running, etc. (of a person or animal); gait; walk
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  1. A particular way of walking, running, etc. (of a person or animal); gait; walk
  2. (--- Sports) The speed of a ball, shuttlecock, etc.
  3. A manner of walking or running:
tempo
A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace:
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  1. A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace:
  2. The speed at which a musical composition is, or is supposed to be, performed: it is indicated by such notations as allegro, andante, etc. or by reference to metronome timing
  3. (Music) The speed at which music is or ought to be played, often indicated on written compositions by a descriptive or metronomic direction to the performer.
velocity
Quickness or rapidity of motion or action; swiftness; speed
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  1. Quickness or rapidity of motion or action; swiftness; speed
  2. Rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness.
  3. The speed and direction of motion of a moving body. Velocity is a vector quantity.
clip
A rapid pace
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  1. A rapid pace
  2. (Informal) A quick sharp blow:
  3. Cartridge clip
celerity
Swiftness of action or motion; speed.
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  1. Swiftness of action or motion; speed.
  2. Swiftness in acting or moving; speed
dispatch
A news story sent to a newspaper or broadcaster, as by a correspondent
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  1. A news story sent to a newspaper or broadcaster, as by a correspondent
  2. A written message, particularly an official communication, sent with speed.
  3. Speed in performance or movement.
expedition
The journey, etc. itself
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  1. The journey, etc. itself
  2. A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective:
  3. A sending forth or starting out on a journey, voyage, march, etc. for some definite purpose, as exploration or battle
fleetness
The quality of being fleet
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  1. The quality of being fleet
haste
Rash or headlong action; precipitateness:
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  1. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness:
  2. The act of hurrying; quickness of motion; rapidity
  3. Rapidity of action or motion:
hurry
Eagerness to do, act, go, etc. quickly
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  1. Eagerness to do, act, go, etc. quickly
  2. A hurrying or being hurried; rush; urgency
  3. Activity or motion that is often unduly hurried; haste:
hustle
The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.
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  1. The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.
  2. (Slang) A way of making money, esp. a dishonest way
  3. (Informal) Energetic action or effort; drive
rapidity
Speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
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  1. Speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
  2. (Physics) A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light
  3. (Physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam#s axis
rapidness
The characteristic of being rapid.
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  1. The characteristic of being rapid.
speediness
The property of being fast; swiftness.
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  1. The property of being fast; swiftness.
swiftness
The state of being swift
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  1. The state of being swift
expedite
(Rare) To send off; issue officially; dispatch
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  1. (Rare) To send off; issue officially; dispatch
  2. To speed up the progress of or execute quickly:
  3. To do quickly
hasten
To cause to move or act swiftly:
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  1. To cause to move or act swiftly:
  2. To cause to be or come faster; speed up; accelerate
  3. To move in a quick fashion.
hurry
To speed the progress or completion of; expedite:
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  1. To speed the progress or completion of; expedite:
  2. To move or act with haste; move faster than is comfortable or natural
  3. To cause to move or act more rapidly or too rapidly; drive, move, send, force, or carry with haste
hustle
(Informal) To cause to be done, prepared, sent, etc. quickly or too quickly; hurry
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  1. (Informal) To cause to be done, prepared, sent, etc. quickly or too quickly; hurry
  2. (Slang) To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means:
  3. To pressure into buying or doing something:
quicken
To become more rapid; speed up
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  1. To become more rapid; speed up
  2. To come or return to life, as a soul.
  3. To reach the stage of pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move.
bolt
(Archaic) To shoot (an arrow, etc.)
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  1. (Archaic) To shoot (an arrow, etc.)
  2. To arrange or roll (lengths of cloth, for example) on or in a bolt.
  3. To start suddenly and run away:
bucket
(Brit.) To ride (a horse) at a fast pace
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  1. (Brit.) To ride (a horse) at a fast pace
  2. To hold, carry, or put in a bucket:
  3. To move or drive rapidly or recklessly
bustle
To hurry busily or with much fuss and bother
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  1. To hurry busily or with much fuss and bother
  2. To move or cause to move energetically and busily.
  3. To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
dart
To shoot (an animal, for example) with a dart, especially to inject a drug.
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  1. To shoot (an animal, for example) with a dart, especially to inject a drug.
  2. To move suddenly and fast
  3. To move suddenly and rapidly:
festinate
To hasten.
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  1. To hasten.
  2. To hurry; speed
flash
To appear or occur suddenly:
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  1. To appear or occur suddenly:
  2. To move or proceed rapidly:
  3. (Slang) To think of or remember something suddenly:
fleet
(Naut.) To change the position of (a rope, pulley block, etc.)
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  1. (Naut.) To change the position of (a rope, pulley block, etc.)
  2. To cause (time) to pass quickly.
  3. To move swiftly; flit; fly
flit
(Brit., Informal) To leave quickly, as to escape creditors
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  1. (Brit., Informal) To leave quickly, as to escape creditors
  2. (Scot., North Eng.) To move to other quarters, esp. by stealth
  3. To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
fly
To move through the air by using wings, as a bird does
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  1. To move through the air by using wings, as a bird does
  2. To run away from; flee from; avoid
  3. Any of numerous insects of the order Diptera, having one pair of wings and large compound eyes. Flies include the houseflies, horseflies, and mosquitoes.
haste
(Rare) hasten
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  1. (Rare) hasten
  2. To hasten or cause to hasten.
hasten
To cause to move or act swiftly:
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  1. To cause to move or act swiftly:
  2. To cause to be or come faster; speed up; accelerate
  3. To move in a quick fashion.
hurry
To cause to occur or be done more rapidly or too rapidly; accelerate the preparation or completion of; urge on
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  1. To cause to occur or be done more rapidly or too rapidly; accelerate the preparation or completion of; urge on
  2. To move or act with haste; move faster than is comfortable or natural
  3. To cause to move or act more rapidly or too rapidly; drive, move, send, force, or carry with haste
hustle
(Informal) To cause to be done, prepared, sent, etc. quickly or too quickly; hurry
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  1. (Informal) To cause to be done, prepared, sent, etc. quickly or too quickly; hurry
  2. (Slang) To get, sell, victimize, etc. by aggressive, often dishonest means
  3. To move or act energetically and rapidly:
pelt
To strike or assail repeatedly with thrown objects:
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  1. To strike or assail repeatedly with thrown objects:
  2. To throw things at; strike with or as with missiles
  3. To move at a vigorous gait:
race
To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly.
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  1. To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly.
  2. Any of several extensive human populations associated with broadly defined regions of the world and distinguished from one another on the basis of inheritable physical characteristics, traditionally conceived as including such traits as pigmentation, hair texture, and facial features. Because the number of genes responsible for such physical variations is tiny in comparison to the size of the human genome and because genetic variation among members of a traditionally recognized racial group is generally as great as between two such groups, most scientists now consider race to be primarily a social rather than a scientific concept.
  3. To enter or run (a horse, etc.) in a race
rocket
To soar or rise rapidly:
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  1. To soar or rise rapidly:
  2. To move swiftly and powerfully, as a rocket
  3. A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space.
run
To move without hindrance or restraint:
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  1. To move without hindrance or restraint:
  2. To do or perform by or as by running
  3. To have dye spread or dissolve:
rush
(Football) To run toward (a passer or kicker) in order to block or disrupt a play.
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  1. (Football) To run toward (a passer or kicker) in order to block or disrupt a play.
  2. To cause to move rapidly:
  3. (Football) To run with (the ball) after a direct snap from the center or after a handoff or pitchout
sail
(Informal) To move or proceed quickly
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  1. (Informal) To move or proceed quickly
  2. To throw or otherwise propel (something) in a way that causes it to glide, float, or move steadily through the air
  3. (Nautical) To move across the surface of water, especially by means of a sailing vessel.
scoot
To ride on a scooter.
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  1. To ride on a scooter.
  2. To move or slide (something) quickly
  3. To walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily.
scour
To clean things by vigorous rubbing and polishing
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  1. To clean things by vigorous rubbing and polishing
  2. To remove as if by cleaning; sweep away; get rid of
  3. To move swiftly; scurry.
shoot
(--- Slang) To give, send, or hand quickly:
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  1. (--- Slang) To give, send, or hand quickly:
  2. (--- Informal) To use up or waste (time, money, etc.)
  3. (Games, Sports) To hit, kick, throw, drive, or propel (a ball, marble, etc.) toward the objective
sprint
To run or race at full speed, esp. for a short distance
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  1. To run or race at full speed, esp. for a short distance
  2. To move rapidly or at top speed for a brief period, as in running or swimming.
tear
To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend.
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  1. To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend.
  2. To become torn:
  3. To move violently or with speed; dash
trot
To cause to move at a trot.
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  1. To cause to move at a trot.
  2. To cause to go at a trot
  3. To move quickly; hurry; run
whirl
To move, go, drive, etc. swiftly
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  1. To move, go, drive, etc. swiftly
  2. To move rapidly in a circular manner or as in an orbit; circle swiftly
  3. To move, carry, drive, etc. with a rotating motion
whisk
To whip (egg whites, cream, etc.)
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  1. To whip (egg whites, cream, etc.)
  2. To move quickly, nimbly, or briskly
  3. To move, remove, carry, brush (away, off, out, etc.) forcefully and speedily, as with a quick, sweeping motion
whiz
To throw or spin rapidly:
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  1. To throw or spin rapidly:
  2. To move or do something quickly:
  3. To move swiftly with or as with a buzzing or hissing sound
wing
To carry or transport by flying:
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  1. To carry or transport by flying:
  2. One of a pair of specialized parts used for flying, as in birds, bats, or insects.
  3. To say or do (something) without preparation or forethought; improvise:
zip
(Informal) To move or propel something with speed and force
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  1. (Informal) To move or propel something with speed and force
  2. To move or act with a speed that suggests such a sound:
  3. To cause to move with speed and force:
zoom
To move or go quickly or suddenly
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  1. To move or go quickly or suddenly
  2. To move while making such a sound:
  3. To simulate movement rapidly away from or toward a subject using a zoom lens or other optical device.
hotfoot
(Informal) In great haste
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  1. (Informal) In great haste
  2. (Informal) To hurry; hasten
  3. To go in haste. Often used with it :
rip
To cut, tear apart, or tear away roughly or energetically.
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  1. To cut, tear apart, or tear away roughly or energetically.
  2. To cut, tear, etc. (stitches) so as to open (a seam, hem, etc.)
  3. (Informal) To move with speed or violence
barrel
To put or pack in a barrel or barrels
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  1. To put or pack in a barrel or barrels
  2. (Informal) To go at high speed
  3. To move or progress rapidly:
highball
(Slang) To proceed at great speed
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  1. (Slang) To proceed at great speed
  2. To move ahead at full speed.
nip
To check or cut off the growth or development of:
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  1. To check or cut off the growth or development of:
  2. To take a sip or sips of alcoholic liquor:
  3. To move quickly; dart.
hurry
To cause to occur or be done more rapidly or too rapidly; accelerate the preparation or completion of; urge on
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  1. To cause to occur or be done more rapidly or too rapidly; accelerate the preparation or completion of; urge on
  2. To move or act with haste; move faster than is comfortable or natural
  3. To cause to move or act more rapidly or too rapidly; drive, move, send, force, or carry with haste
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  • He drove the speed limit - no more, no less.

  • Howard had to pull out of the driveway slowly and gradually increase his speed.

  • The big deal is the speed limit is fifty.

  • I broke the speed limit wasting no time getting there.

  • Plus, it's all about to speed way, way up.

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