speed
noun
[ spiːd ]
• the rate at which someone or something moves or operates or is able to move or operate.
• "we turned on to the runway and began to gather speed"
• each of the possible gear ratios of a bicycle or motor vehicle.
• the light-gathering power or f-number of a camera lens.
• an amphetamine drug, especially methamphetamine.
• success; prosperity.
• "wish me good speed"
speed
verb
• move quickly.
• "I got into the car and home we sped"
Similar:
hurry,
race,
run,
sprint,
dash,
bolt,
dart,
rush,
hasten,
hurtle,
career,
streak,
shoot,
whizz,
zoom,
go like lightning,
go hell for leather,
spank along,
bowl along,
rattle along,
whirl,
whoosh,
buzz,
swoop,
flash,
blast,
charge,
stampede,
gallop,
sweep,
hare,
fly,
wing,
scurry,
scud,
scutter,
scramble,
belt,
pelt,
tear,
hotfoot it,
zap,
zip,
whip,
scoot,
scorch,
burn rubber,
go like a bat out of hell,
bomb,
bucket,
shift,
put one's foot down,
go like the clappers,
leg it,
wheech,
clip,
boogie,
hightail,
barrel,
lay rubber,
get the lead out,
fleet,
post,
hie,
drive,
drag/tear/haul ass,
• make prosperous or successful.
• "may God speed you"
• take or be under the influence of an amphetamine drug.
• "more kids than ever are speeding, tripping, and getting stoned"
Origin:
Old English spēd (noun), spēdan (verb), from the Germanic base of Old English spōwan ‘prosper, succeed’, a sense reflected in early usage.
