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noun

Rapids, Rapid n. The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; sometimes called whitewater; usually used in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence. For boaters on the river, it is a place that can be hazardous, with danger of capsizing or crashing into large rocks. "Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past."

adjective

Rapid adj.

Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion. "Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels."

Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession.

Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.

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Etymology of 'Rapid'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... later, however, he took Mr. Budden-Reynolds' cheque, signed a receipt, and from that moment his recovery from his illness was extremely rapid. ...

— The White Lie • William Le Queux

... rapid promotion he had not been without a friend. Sir Thomas Overbury, the king's secretary—who appears, from some threats in his own letters, to have been no better than a pander to the vices of the king, and privy to ...

— Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds • Charles Mackay

... with Mrs. Denham the details of the next day's journey, looked up quickly and sent Flemming a rapid scowl. ...

— The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel • Thomas Bailey Aldrich

... not have been refused without discourtesy; and in the middle of the evening Cheniston had dropped in casually with a message from his sister, and had stayed on with an easy certainty of welcome which betokened a rapid growth in favour with both father ...

— Afterwards • Kathlyn Rhodes

... the opening of the envelope and the rapid survey which Doctor Morgan gave its contents before he began to read, stirred by varying emotions. Suspicion crawled through his brain, leaving her slimy trail; why had there been need of secrecy? Why had all these people been told, and he, John Hunter ...

— The Wind Before the Dawn • Dell H. Munger

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