velocity

Roget-categorie 274

2. Words relating to space
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#274. Velocity

zelfstandig naamwoord

velocity, speed, celerity — swiftness etc. adj. — rapidity, eagle speed — expedition etc. (activity) 682 — pernicity^† — acceleration — haste etc. 684.
spurt, rush, dash, race, steeple chase — smart rate, lively rate, swift rate etc. adj. — rattling rate, spanking rate, strapping rate, smart pace, lively pace, swift pace, rattling pace, spanking pace, strapping pace — round pace — flying, flight.
lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind — cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart, hydrargyrum [Lat.], quicksilver — telegraph, express train — torrent.
eagle, antelope, courser, race horse, gazelle, greyhound, hare, doe, squirrel, camel bird, chickaree^†, chipmunk, hackee [U.S.], ostrich, scorcher [Slang].
Mercury, Ariel^†, Camilla^†, Harlequin.
[Measurement of velocity] log, log line — speedometer, odometer, tachometer, strobe, radar speed detector, radar trap, air speed gauge, wind sock, wind speed meter — pedometer.

werkwoord

move quickly, trip, fisk^† — speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle — scud, scuddle^† — scour, scour the plain — scamper — run like mad, beat it — fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush — cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel — scorch, burn up the track — rush etc. (be violent) 173 — dash on, dash off, dash forward — bolt — trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom — march in quick time, march in double time — ride hard, get over the ground.
hurry etc. (hasten) 684 — accelerate, put on — quicken — quicken one's pace, mend one's pace — clap spurs to one's horse — make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches, make the best of one's way — put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's way, set off at a score — carry sail, crowd sail — go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead, gain ground — outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind.
keep up with, keep pace with — outstrip etc. 303 — outmarch^†.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

fast, speedy, swift, rapid, quick, fleet — aliped^† — nimble, agile, expeditious — express — active etc. 682 — flying, galloping etc. v. — light footed, nimble footed — winged, eagle winged, mercurial, electric, telegraphic — light-legged, light of heel — swift as an arrow etc. n. — quick as lightning etc. n., quick as a thought.

bijwoord

swiftly etc. adj. — with speed etc. n. — apace — at a great rate, at full speed, at railway speed — full drive, full gallop — posthaste, in full sail, tantivy^† — trippingly — instantaneously etc. 113.
under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail and steam — velis et remis [Lat.], on eagle's wing, in double quick time — with rapid strides, with giant strides — a pas de geant [Fr.] — in seven league boots — whip and spur — ventre a terre [Fr.] — as fast as one's legs will carry one, as fast as one's heels will carry one — as fast as one can lay legs to the ground, at the top of one's speed — by leaps and bounds — with haste etc. 684.

uitdrukking

vires acquirit eundo [Lat.] — I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes" [M.

zelfstandig naamwoord

D.]; swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow" [M.

zelfstandig naamwoord

D.]; go like a bat out of hell — tempus fugit [Lat.].

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