Definition of rapid

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Rapid (a.) Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion..

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Quicken :: Quicken (a.) To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed..
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a time, but ceased after a few years..
Photo-epinasty :: Photo-epinasty (n.) A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light..
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon..
Chatter :: Chatter (n.) Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle..
Scurry :: Scurry (v. i.) To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away..
Pace :: Pace (v. i.) To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack..
Enhance :: Enhance (v. i.) To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest..
Jabber :: "Jabber (v. i.) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense; to chatter..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse..
Ocypodian :: Ocypodian (n.) One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name..
Thrifty :: Thrifty (superl.) Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt..
Tremolo :: Tremolo (n.) The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect..
Shake :: Shake (v.) To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.
Flit :: Flit (v. i.) To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry..
Trill :: Trill (v. i.) To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle..
Voluble :: Voluble (a.) Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue..
Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion..
Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..
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