Definition of sudden

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Sudden (a.) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.

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Flirt :: Flirt (n.) A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer..
Precipitous :: Precipitous (a.) Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts..
Slump :: Slump (v. i.) To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person..
Job :: Job (n.) A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
Whop :: Whop (v. i.) To throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as, she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over..
Fulguration :: Fulguration (n.) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface; -- also called blick..
Stound :: Stound (n.) A sudden, severe pain or grief; peril; alarm..
Knuckle :: Knuckle (n.) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom..
Why :: Why (adv.) The reason or cause for which; that on account of which; on what account; as, I know not why he left town so suddenly; -- used as a compound relative..
Irruption :: Irruption (n.) A sudden and violent inroad, or entrance of invaders; as, the irruptions of the Goths into Italy..
Slidometer :: Slidometer (n.) An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by sudden stopping.
Disaster :: Disaster (n.) An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges..
Jet :: "Jet (n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet..
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound..
Freshet :: Freshet (a.) A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.
Jaculatory :: "Jaculatory (a.) Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like..
Fulminate :: Fulminate (v. i.) To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report..
Fragor :: Fragor (n.) A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.
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