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| Main Entry: | zoom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very quickly |
| Synonyms: | buzz, dart, dash, dive, flash, fly, hum, hurtle, outstrip, rip, rocket, rush, shoot, skyrocket, speed, streak, surge, tear, whirl, whiz, zip*, shoot up |
| Antonyms: | decelerate, slow |
* = 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, trot, zoom, tear along |
| Main Entry: | hotfoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry |
| Synonyms: | barrel*, bolt, burn rubber*, clip, dart, dash, fly, gallop, hurtle, race, run, scoot*, speed, sprint, streak, tear*, zip*, zoom, boogie, go like a bat out of hell, hightail it, make haste |
| Antonyms: | dawdle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hum |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buzz, vibrate |
| Synonyms: | bum, bumble, croon, drone, moan, mumble, murmur, purr, rustle, sing, sound, strum, throb, trill, warble, whir, whisper, zoom, bombilate, bombinate, sing low, thrum |
| Main Entry: | jet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spurt, gush |
| Synonyms: | flow, fly, issue, pour, roll, rush, shoot, soar, spew, spout, squirt, stream, surge, travel, zoom, spritz |
| Main Entry: | rocket |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shoot up |
| Synonyms: | ascend, climb, escalate, grow, lift, rise, sail, skyrocket, soar, take off*, tower, zoom, go through the ceiling |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | skyrocket |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | soar |
| Synonyms: | arise, ascend, catapult, escalate, lift, rise, rocket, shoot, take off, tower, zoom, go through the ceiling, go through the roof, shoot up, vault up |
| Main Entry: | speed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move along quickly |
| Synonyms: | advance, aid, assist, barrel, belt, bomb, boost, bowl over, career, cover ground*, dispatch, expedite, facilitate, flash, fly, further, gallop, hasten, help, hurry, impel, promote, quicken, race, ride, run, rush, sail, spring, tear, urge, whiz, zoom, cut along, gather momentum, gear up, get a move on, get moving, get under way, go all out, go fast, go like the wind, hightail, lose no time, make haste, open up throttle, press on, step on it |
| Antonyms: | delay, halt, slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take to the air, usually employing wings |
| Synonyms: | barnstorm*, buzz*, circle, climb, control, cross, dart, dash, dive, drift, fleet, flit, float, flutter, glide, hop, hover, hurry, jet, maneuver, mount, operate, pilot, reach, rush, sail, scud*, shoot, skim, skirt, soar, speed, swoop, take off, travel, whisk*, whiz*, wing*, zip*, zoom*, aviate, bend the throttle, circumnavigate, flat-hat, jet out, jet over, remain aloft, seagull, sky out, take a hop, take flight, take wing, whoosh, wing in |
| Antonyms: | land, walk, stay on ground |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry, speed |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, barrel, bolt, break, career, charge, chase, course, dart, dash, dispatch, expedite, fleet, fling, flit, fly, get the lead out*, haste, hasten, hotfoot*, hustle, press, push, quicken, race, roll, run, scramble, scud, scurry, shoot, sprint, streak, surge, tear, whiz*, zip*, zoom*, fire up, get cracking, go like lightning, hurry up, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, shake a leg, speed up, step on gas |
| Antonyms: | retard, slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move fast and display |
| Synonyms: | bolt, brandish, dart, dash, disport, exhibit, expose, flaunt, flit, flourish, fly, parade, race, shoot, show, show off, speed, spring, streak, sweep, trot out, whistle, zoom |
| Antonyms: | pause, slow, walk |
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run or pass swiftly |
| Synonyms: | barrel, bolt, breeze, career, dart, dash, elapse, flee, flit, glide, hasten, hurry, hustle, make off*, pass, race, roll, rush, scamper, scoot, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, whiz*, zoom*, go like the wind, run its course, slip away* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sweep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fly, glide |
| Synonyms: | career, fleet, flit, flounce, glance, hurtle, pass, sail, scud, skim, tear, wing, zoom |
| Main Entry: | tear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very fast |
| Synonyms: | boil, bolt, career, charge, chase, course, dart, dash, fling, fly, gallop, hurry, lash, race, run, rush, shoot, speed, spring, zoom |
| Antonyms: | idle, wait |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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