Browsing page 2 of words meaning fast, quick, quickly (27 words total)
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in a heartbeat 
adverb
- quickly.
If it was in the company's best interest to fire you, they'd do it in a heartbeat.
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Last edited on Jan 17 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 17 2013.
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in a New York minute
adjective
- quickly.
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Last edited on Jul 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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jet
verb
- to leave.
I've got to jet.
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Last edited on Mar 16 1999. Submitted by Sarah from MI, USA on Mar 16 1999.
- to move quickly.
He jetted from the cops.
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Last edited on Apr 01 2006. Submitted by blah b. on Apr 01 2006.
- First use of the slang verb "to jet" in the sense of leaving swiftly, as far as this researcher can determine, is in the 50's science-fiction novel The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester.
Last edited on Oct 02 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 02 2012.
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like a bat out of hell
adverb
- quickly.
What's wrong with your brother? He ran through here like a bat out of hell.
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Last edited on Feb 16 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
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like crap through a goose
adverb
- quickly.
Traffic today is moving like crap through a goose.
Citation from Attributed to General George S. Patton Jr blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: fast, quick, quickly.
Last edited on Oct 23 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 23 2012.
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like shit off a shovel
adverb
- quickly.
Bert's new car of goes like shit off a shovel.
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Last edited on Mar 12 2011. Submitted by Andy from Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, UK on Aug 21 1997.
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like shit through a tin horn
adverb
- quickly.
Traffic today is moving like shit through a tin horn.
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Last edited on Oct 23 2012. Submitted by Mick from New York, NY, USA on Feb 14 2003.
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nippy
adjective
- fast.
I'm looking to trade in my clunker for something nippy.
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Last edited on Sep 07 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 07 2012.
- cold.
The weather has been getting nippy lately.
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Last edited on Sep 07 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 07 2012.
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on the double
adverb
- quickly.
I need to get those sneakers on the double.
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Last edited on Mar 12 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 12 2011.
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on the dub
adverb
- quickly. From "on the double".
I need to get those sneakers on the dub.
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Last edited on Mar 12 2011. Submitted by Chauncey A. from Accokeek, MD, USA on Mar 26 2007.
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