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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very quickly |
| Synonyms: | buzz, dart, dash, dive, flash, fly, hum, hurtle, outstrip, rip, rocket, rush, shoot, shoot up, skyrocket, speed, streak, surge, tear, whirl, whiz, zip |
| Antonyms: | decelerate, slow |
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take to the air, usually employing wings |
| Synonyms: | aviate, barnstorm, bend the throttle, buzz*, circle, circumnavigate, climb, control, cross, dart, dash, dive, drift, flat-hat, fleet, flit, float, flutter, glide, hop, hover, hurry, jet, jet out, jet over, maneuver, mount, operate, pilot, reach, remain aloft, rush, sail, scud, seagull, shoot, skim, skirt, sky out, soar, speed, swoop, take a hop, take flight, take off, take wing, travel, whisk, whiz*, whoosh, wing in, wing*, zip, zoom* |
| Antonyms: | land, stay on ground, walk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run or pass swiftly |
| Synonyms: | barrel, bolt, breeze, career, dart, dash, elapse, flee, flit, glide, go like the wind, hasten, hurry, hustle, make off, pass, race, roll, run its course, rush, scamper, scoot, shoot, slip away, speed, sprint, tear, whiz*, zoom* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gallop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bolt, race with slight jumping motion |
| Synonyms: | amble, canter, career, course, dart, dash, fly, hasten, hurdle, hurry, jump, leap, lope, pace, rack, run, rush, shoot, speed, spring, sprint, stride, tear along, trot, zoom |
| Main Entry: | hotfoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry |
| Synonyms: | barrel, bolt, boogie, burn rubber, clip, dart, dash, fly, gallop, go like a bat out of hell, hightail it, hurtle, make haste, race, run, scoot, speed, sprint, streak, tear*, zip, zoom |
| Antonyms: | dawdle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hum |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buzz, vibrate |
| Synonyms: | bombilate, bombinate, bum, bumble, croon, drone, moan, mumble, murmur, purr, rustle, sing, sing low, sound, strum, throb, thrum, trill, warble, whir, whisper, zoom |
| Main Entry: | jet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spurt, gush |
| Synonyms: | flow, fly, issue, pour, roll, rush, shoot, soar, spew, spout, spritz, squirt, stream, surge, travel, zoom |
| Main Entry: | rocket |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shoot up |
| Synonyms: | ascend, climb, escalate, go through the ceiling, grow, lift, rise, sail, skyrocket, soar, take off, tower, zoom |
| Notes: | the term for a combustible or explosive or pyrotechnic ('pertaining to fire art') projectile was 'rocket' until fireworks was used in 1777 to describe these in connection with the first Fourth of July celebration. 'Rockets' are still the most popular form of firework. Rockets are lifted by recoil from the jet of fire created by the burning ingredients - and they are designed for maximum combustion and maximum thrust. Fireworks originated in ancient China. The word firecracker refers to those that make loud sounds and sparklers are those that send off a shower of sparks. a missile is a whole vehicle ready for launching; a rocket is a type of engine that powers a missile |
| Main Entry: | rush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry, speed |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, barrel, bolt, break, career, charge, chase, course, dart, dash, dispatch, expedite, fire up, fleet, fling, flit, fly, get cracking, get the lead out, go like lightning, haste, hasten, hotfoot, hurry up, hustle, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, press, push, quicken, race, roll, run, scramble, scud, scurry, shake a leg, shoot, speed up, sprint, step on gas, streak, surge, tear, whiz*, zip, zoom* |
| Antonyms: | retard, slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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