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Outgo :: Outgo (v. t.) To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.

Proa :: Proa (n.) A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart..

Cypseliform :: Cypseliform (a.) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae..

Clip :: Clip (v. i.) To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.

Wightly :: Wightly (adv.) Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.

Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.

Ramp :: Ramp (v. i.) To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence..

Swinge :: Swingdevil (n.) The European swift.

Houyhnhnm :: Houyhnhnm (n.) One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men..

Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.

Lilliputian :: Lilliputian (a.) Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants..

Fleeting :: Fleeting (a.) Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments..

Swig :: Swiftness (n.) The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc..

Nimble :: Nimble (superl.) Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.

Swift :: Swift (adv.) Swiftly.

Run :: Run (a.) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.

Run :: Run (a.) To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog..

Race :: Race (n.) Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running..

Scud :: Scud (v. i.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread..

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