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| prompt |
swift to respond or to be in attendance at an expected place. [1/7 definitions] |
| PT boat |
a small, swift, highly maneuverable torpedo boat, used esp. to patrol and torpedo enemy merchant ships. |
| roadrunner |
a ground-dwelling, swift North American cuckoo with a long tail, a crest, and streaked plumage. |
| robber fly |
any of numerous related, swift, often large flies that prey on other insects. |
| rush1 |
a swift and sudden forward movement. [1/12 definitions] |
| speedy |
characterized by swift movement or rapidity of accomplishment. |
| sweep |
to move or pass in a swift, majestic, or haughty manner. [1/16 definitions] |
| wahoo3 |
a large swift game fish found in tropical seas. |
| water ouzel |
any of several small, stocky, aquatic birds, related to the thrushes, that feed on the bottom of swift-moving streams and display a characteristic jerk of the body when walking. |
| whippet |
a small, swift, short-haired dog that resembles a greyhound and is used in hunting and racing. |
| winged |
very fast; swift. [1/4 definitions] |
| Yahoo |
in the eighteenth-century novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, one of a race of brutish, degraded, humanlike creatures. [1/3 definitions] |
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