| Main Entry: | get the lead out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry |
Synonyms: |
get a move on, get cracking, get going, get it on, hop to it, hustle, look alive, make it snappy, shake a leg, snap to it, step on it |
| Main Entry: | hurry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, move speedily |
Synonyms: |
accelerate, barrel, be quick, beeline, bestir, breeze, bullet, burst, bustle, dash, dig in, drive, expedite, fleet, flit, fly, get a move on, go like lightning, goad, haste, hasten, hurry up, hustle, jog, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, make time, make tracks, nip, push, quicken, race, rip, rocket, roll, run, rush, sally, scoot, scurry, shake a leg, smoke, speed, speed up, spur, step on gas, step on it, turn on steam, urge, whirl, whish, whisk, whiz, zip |
Antonyms: |
dally, dawdle, delay, procrastinate, rest, slow, stall, wait |
| Main Entry: | scoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry |
Synonyms: |
accelerate, be quick, beeline, bolt, clear out, dart, dash, expedite, fly, get a move on, go like lightning, hasten, hurry up, hustle, make haste, make time, make tracks, move, move fast, race, run, rush, scamper, scurry, shake a leg, skedaddle, speed, split, spur, step on it, vamoose, whiz, zip |
| Main Entry: | skedaddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flee |
Synonyms: |
blow*, bolt, clear out, dart, dash, decamp, expedite, fly, fly the coop, get a move on, go like lightning, hasten, hightail it, hurry, hurry up, hustle, leave, make haste, make oneself scarce, make time, make tracks, move, move fast, race, run, rush, scamper, scat, scoot, scurry, shake a leg, speed, split, spur, step on it, take off, vamoose, whiz, zip |
| Main Entry: | speed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move along quickly |
Synonyms: |
advance, aid, assist, barrel, belt, bomb, boost, bowl over, career, cover ground, cut along, dispatch, expedite, facilitate, flash, fly, further, gallop, gather momentum, gear up, get a move on, get moving, get under way, go all out, go fast, go like the wind, hasten, help, hightail, hurry, impel, lose no time, make haste, open up throttle, press on, promote, quicken, race, ride, run, rush, sail, spring, step on it, tear, urge, whiz, zoom |
| Notes: | speed is the distance an object travels during a unit of time; velocity is the distance an object travels in a specified direction during a unit of time |
Antonyms: |
delay, halt, slow |
| Main Entry: | stir |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get up and going |
Synonyms: |
awake, awaken, be up and about, bestir, budge, exert, get a move on, get moving, hasten, look alive, make an effort, mill about, move, rouse, shake a leg, wake, waken |
Antonyms: |
laze, rest, wait |
| Main Entry: | quicken one's step |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move at a faster pace |
Synonyms: |
accelerate, get a move on, quicken one's speed |
| Main Entry: | festinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rush |
Synonyms: |
barrel, bolt*, bustle, dart, dash, flash, fly, get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, make haste, make time, quicken, race, run, run like the wind, sail, scoot, scramble, scurry, shake a leg, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, whisk, whiz, zip, zoom |
| Main Entry: | hurry |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
boisterous, booming, breathless, brusque, cursory, festinate, feverish, furious, fussy, hard, headlong, hot, impelled, impelling, impetuous, impulsive, in a hurry, in all haste, in haste, in hot haste, partito in quarta, precipitate, precipitous, preproperous, pressed for time, pushing, rudderish, saccadic, scrambling, spoffish, umbeer, urgent
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