Definition of rapid

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Rapid (a.) Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession..

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Tremolo :: Tremolo (n.) The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect..
Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel..
Squirt :: Squirt (v. i.) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -- said of liquids..
Wing :: Wing (n.) Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
Gabble :: Gabble (n.) Loud or rapid talk without meaning.
Clack :: Clack (v. t.) To utter rapidly and inconsiderately.
Drive :: Drive (n.) Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business..
Gush :: Gush (v. t.) A sudden and violent issue of a fluid from an inclosed plase; an emission of a liquid in a large quantity, and with force; the fluid thus emitted; a rapid outpouring of anything; as, a gush of song from a bird..
Continual :: Continual (a.) Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.
Flying :: Flying (v. i.) Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement..
Boom :: Boom (v. i.) To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.
Run :: Run (a.) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.
Quickness :: Quickness (n.) Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit..
Sputter :: Sputter (v. i.) To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking..
Palpitation :: Palpitation (n.) A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease..
Dragonnade :: Dragonnade (n.) The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade..
Lightning :: Lightning (n.) A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder..
Photodrome :: Photodrome (n.) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction..
Whirlabout :: Whirlabout (n.) Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner; a whirligig.
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..
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