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- Speed.
- Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
- (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
- A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
- The relative speed of change or progress.
- A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
- The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
- (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
- The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
- amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
- a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure
- the relative speed of progress or change
- a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
- (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
- (transitive) To ratify.
- (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
- (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
- (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
- (transitive, horse racing) To take action to slow down the pace of the horse one is riding.
- (intransitive) To have value or standing.
- (transitive, chiefly British) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
- (transitive) To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
- (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
- (transitive) To consider or regard.
- (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
- be worthy of or have a certain rating
- assign a rank or rating to
- estimate the value of
- Speed or velocity in general.
- (collective) A group of donkeys.
- A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.
- A step taken with the foot.
- Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.
- The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
- (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
- Easter.
- a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
- the distance covered by a step
- a step in walking or running
- the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
- the rate of some repeating event
- the relative speed of progress or change
- speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
- a rate that is rapid
- (relativity) A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light; defined as artanh(v), where artanh is the hyperbolic arctangent, and v = speed (with c = speed of light = 1).
- (physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam's axis
- the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
- mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
- an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
- anything with restorative powers
- the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
- a warrant to take someone into custody
- a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
- a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
- the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
- The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
- (usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
- (uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.
- (film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
- The reception of sound, etc. by such a device.
- In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
- (uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
- (US, Canada, politics) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate.
- (uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
- A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
- The act of answering a telephone.
- Electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations.
- (US, Canada) Ellipsis of pickup truck.
- (sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
- An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
- (video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
- An increase of speed.
- the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- The first noticeable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
- The action of bringing someone or something to life.
- Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).
- the process of showing signs of life
- the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
- act at high speed
- urge to an unnatural speed
- move very fast
- (intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
- (intransitive) To do things quickly.
- (mining) To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.
- (transitive) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
- (transitive) To cause to be done quickly.
- (transitive) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
- a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- A rushed action.
- (music) A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.
- (American football) An incidence of a defensive pressure that forces the quarterback to throw the ball earlier than intended or rush their decision, often leading to an incomplete pass or failed play.
- An urgency.
- act at high speed
- urge to an unnatural speed
- move hurridly
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- attack suddenly
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A wick.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
- (motor racing, horse racing) An uncambered corner of racetrack; a racetrack whose corners are uncambered.
- (food) A wrap, an item of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
- A baked portion of flatbread; a baked item that is not meant to rise.
- (skiing) A section of piste that is relatively flat, causing or allowing skiers to slow down.
- A rapidity of motion.
- (economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.
- (music hardware and software) The value corresponding to how hard a key is struck on a MIDI controller or keyboard.
- The rate of occurrence.
- (physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
- distance travelled per unit time
- a doubled wage (for working overtime)
- a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog
- (dance) A dance step pattern with six steps.
- (music) A musical rhythm twice as fast as the overall beat, with this pattern of note lengths: 3/16 3/16 1/4 3/16 3/16.
- (military) A fast marching pace of 180 steps per minute, 36 inches in length for the Marine Corps and Navy, 30 inches in length for the Army. It is not really double the speed of quick time as quick time is 112-120 steps per minute.
- A rate of pay that is twice the normal rate (for reasons such as working on a holiday or working hazardous duty).
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- the act of moving with great haste
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
- (transitive, figurative) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
- (transitive) To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- (intransitive) To escape.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- (transitive) To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.
- (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make or roll into bolts
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- secure or lock with a bolt
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- move or jump suddenly
- swallow hastily
- the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- (physics) a rate of increase of velocity
- an increase in rate of change
- The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
- (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
- (uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
- (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
- (figurative) Rapidly accelerating.
- Able to, or likely to, explode.
- (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
- Having the character of an explosion.
- (figurative) Shocking; startling.
- (cellular automata) Of a specific cellular automaton rule, tending to exhibit infinite and unpredictable growth when starting from finite random patterns.
- serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst
- sudden and loud
- liable to lead to sudden change or violence
- At a speed that cannot be measured.
- (of a car) Having an odometer that cannot be altered to provide a fake reading.
- (transgender slang) Not recognizable as transgender or a drag performer; passing.
- At a time that cannot be measured or identified.
- (more generally) Unreadable; undetectable.
- Being undetectably homosexual.
- move with sudden speed
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- (transitive) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
- (intransitive) To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.
- (transitive) To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart.
- (intransitive) To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.
- (transitive) To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.
- a sudden quick movement
- a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
- a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
- (sometimes figurative) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
- Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly.
- A sudden or fast movement.
- (sewing) A fold that is stitched on a garment.
- A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
- A dace (fish) (Leuciscus leuciscus).
- (Australia, Canada, colloquial) A cigarette.
- A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
- Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
- (military) A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
- Something that travels high in the air or with great speed; especially (sport), a hard shot.
- A blunt lance head used in jousting.
- (South East England, slang) A very physically attractive woman.
- A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
- An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
- (uncountable) A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
- (UK slang, originally military) A severe reprimand; a telling-off.
- A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket.
- (slang) An ace (the playing card).
- Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).
- (Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
- (countable) Any plant of the genus Eruca.
- propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
- a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
- sends a firework display high into the sky
- any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
- The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness.
- The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.
- (obsolete except British, regional) Something used to fasten or tie; a fastener or fastening.
- (specifically) The ability of a dye to withstand fading.
- (also figuratively) A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold.
- The quality or state of having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
- a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
- a strongly fortified defensive structure
- the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
- an unexpected acceleration or hastening
- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
- the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
- the process of forming a chemical precipitate
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
- (figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
- A hurried headlong fall.
- (meteorology) The amount of water precipitated in any form.
- (countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier, and often less soluble, solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.
- (meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper 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.
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- Speed.
- Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
- (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
- A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
- The relative speed of change or progress.
- A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
- The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
- (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
- The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
- amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
- a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure
- the relative speed of progress or change
- a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
- (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
- (transitive) To ratify.
- (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
- (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
- (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
- (transitive, horse racing) To take action to slow down the pace of the horse one is riding.
- (intransitive) To have value or standing.
- (transitive, chiefly British) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
- (transitive) To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
- (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
- (transitive) To consider or regard.
- (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
- be worthy of or have a certain rating
- assign a rank or rating to
- estimate the value of
- Speed or velocity in general.
- (collective) A group of donkeys.
- A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.
- A step taken with the foot.
- Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.
- The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
- (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
- Easter.
- a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
- the distance covered by a step
- a step in walking or running
- the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
- the rate of some repeating event
- the relative speed of progress or change
- speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
- a rate that is rapid
- (relativity) A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light; defined as artanh(v), where artanh is the hyperbolic arctangent, and v = speed (with c = speed of light = 1).
- (physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam's axis
- the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
- mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
- an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
- anything with restorative powers
- the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
- a warrant to take someone into custody
- a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
- a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
- the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
- The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
- (usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
- (uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.
- (film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
- The reception of sound, etc. by such a device.
- In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
- (uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
- (US, Canada, politics) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate.
- (uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
- A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
- The act of answering a telephone.
- Electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations.
- (US, Canada) Ellipsis of pickup truck.
- (sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
- An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
- (video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
- An increase of speed.
- the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- The first noticeable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
- The action of bringing someone or something to life.
- Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).
- the process of showing signs of life
- the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
- A rapidity of motion.
- (economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.
- (music hardware and software) The value corresponding to how hard a key is struck on a MIDI controller or keyboard.
- The rate of occurrence.
- (physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
- distance travelled per unit time
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- the act of moving with great haste
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
- (transitive, figurative) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
- (transitive) To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- (intransitive) To escape.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- (transitive) To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.
- (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make or roll into bolts
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- secure or lock with a bolt
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- move or jump suddenly
- swallow hastily
- the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- (physics) a rate of increase of velocity
- an increase in rate of change
- The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
- (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
- (uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
- (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
- The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness.
- The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.
- (obsolete except British, regional) Something used to fasten or tie; a fastener or fastening.
- (specifically) The ability of a dye to withstand fading.
- (also figuratively) A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold.
- The quality or state of having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
- a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
- a strongly fortified defensive structure
- the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
- an unexpected acceleration or hastening
- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
- the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
- the process of forming a chemical precipitate
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
- (figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
- A hurried headlong fall.
- (meteorology) The amount of water precipitated in any form.
- (countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier, and often less soluble, solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.
- (meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper 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.
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- act at high speed
- urge to an unnatural speed
- move very fast
- (intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
- (intransitive) To do things quickly.
- (mining) To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.
- (transitive) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
- (transitive) To cause to be done quickly.
- (transitive) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
- a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- A rushed action.
- (music) A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.
- (American football) An incidence of a defensive pressure that forces the quarterback to throw the ball earlier than intended or rush their decision, often leading to an incomplete pass or failed play.
- An urgency.
- act at high speed
- urge to an unnatural speed
- move hurridly
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- attack suddenly
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A wick.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
- move with sudden speed
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- (transitive) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
- (intransitive) To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.
- (transitive) To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart.
- (intransitive) To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.
- (transitive) To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.
- a sudden quick movement
- a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
- a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
- (sometimes figurative) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
- Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly.
- A sudden or fast movement.
- (sewing) A fold that is stitched on a garment.
- A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
- A dace (fish) (Leuciscus leuciscus).
- (Australia, Canada, colloquial) A cigarette.
- A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
- Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
- (military) A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
- Something that travels high in the air or with great speed; especially (sport), a hard shot.
- A blunt lance head used in jousting.
- (South East England, slang) A very physically attractive woman.
- A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
- An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
- (uncountable) A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
- (UK slang, originally military) A severe reprimand; a telling-off.
- A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket.
- (slang) An ace (the playing card).
- Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).
- (Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
- (countable) Any plant of the genus Eruca.
- propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
- a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
- sends a firework display high into the sky
- any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
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- (motor racing, horse racing) An uncambered corner of racetrack; a racetrack whose corners are uncambered.
- (food) A wrap, an item of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
- A baked portion of flatbread; a baked item that is not meant to rise.
- (skiing) A section of piste that is relatively flat, causing or allowing skiers to slow down.
- a doubled wage (for working overtime)
- a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog
- (dance) A dance step pattern with six steps.
- (music) A musical rhythm twice as fast as the overall beat, with this pattern of note lengths: 3/16 3/16 1/4 3/16 3/16.
- (military) A fast marching pace of 180 steps per minute, 36 inches in length for the Marine Corps and Navy, 30 inches in length for the Army. It is not really double the speed of quick time as quick time is 112-120 steps per minute.
- A rate of pay that is twice the normal rate (for reasons such as working on a holiday or working hazardous duty).
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- (figurative) Rapidly accelerating.
- Able to, or likely to, explode.
- (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
- Having the character of an explosion.
- (figurative) Shocking; startling.
- (cellular automata) Of a specific cellular automaton rule, tending to exhibit infinite and unpredictable growth when starting from finite random patterns.
- serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst
- sudden and loud
- liable to lead to sudden change or violence
- At a speed that cannot be measured.
- (of a car) Having an odometer that cannot be altered to provide a fake reading.
- (transgender slang) Not recognizable as transgender or a drag performer; passing.
- At a time that cannot be measured or identified.
- (more generally) Unreadable; undetectable.
- Being undetectably homosexual.