| blight |
a plant disease characterized by rapid destruction of parts or all of a plant. [1/5 definitions] |
| bombogenesis |
rapid intensification of a large storm due to a steep drop in barometric pressure. |
| boom1 |
a period of rapid development or expansion in a particular sphere. [1/7 definitions] |
| break |
a rapid movement away; escape. [1/26 definitions] |
| breakneck |
dangerously extreme or rapid. |
| chaise |
a four-wheeled coach used for rapid transport of mail and passengers in former times; post chaise. [1/3 definitions] |
| chasseur |
in the French army, a member of the light infantry or light cavalry, specially trained for rapid maneuvering. [1/3 definitions] |
| chatter |
to make a rapid succession of speechlike sounds. [5/7 definitions] |
| clack |
rapid, prolonged, or unimportant talk; chatter. [1/8 definitions] |
| clonus |
a rapid succession of muscle spasms. |
| conservative |
preferring the traditional and resisting rapid change. [2/7 definitions] |
| contagion |
the rapid spreading, as of an emotion or idea, in a group or culture. [1/4 definitions] |
| cottonwood |
any of several rapid-growing American poplars that bear seeds with cottonlike hair. [1/2 definitions] |
| crash dive |
a sudden and rapid emergency dive made by a submarine, esp. to avoid attack. |
| cut the Gordian knot |
to solve a difficult problem in a rapid, bold manner. |
| dive |
a rapid descent or plunge, usu. head or front first. [1/12 definitions] |
| double-click |
to press the button of a computer mouse twice in rapid succession. |
| double-tongue |
in playing a wind instrument, the action of touching the tongue alternately to the teeth and hard palate, producing rapid articulation of notes. |
| dribble |
in sports, to advance a ball or puck by rapid, short bounces, kicks, or pushes. [1/8 definitions] |
| epidemic |
a rapid spread or growth of some phenomenon. [1/4 definitions] |
| explode |
to release energy forcefully with noise, heat, and the violent expansion of gases, because of rapid chemical change or sudden violent impact. [1/7 definitions] |