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waltzing
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work quickly through task |
| Synonyms: | cruise, flit, glide, hurry, move, pass, sail, sally, skim, slide, slip, sweep, trip, waltz, zip |
| Main Entry: | rotate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around in circle |
| Synonyms: | circle, circumduct, circumvolve, gyrate, gyre, move, pirouette, pivot, reel, revolve, roll, spin, swivel, troll, trundle, turn, twirl, twist, waltz, wheel, whirl, whirligig, whirr |
| Notes: | revolve and rotate are synonyms in everyday writing, but not in scientific/technical writing: the Earth revolves around the Sun and rotates upon its axis |
| Main Entry: | zip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move about quickly |
| Synonyms: | bustle, dash, flash, fly, hasten, hurry, run, rush, shoot, speed, tear, waltz, whisk, whiz, zoom |
| Antonyms: | decelerate, slow |
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