rapid🔊

Very swift or quick.

Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)

Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)

(England, dialectal) Violent, severe.

(obsolete, dialectal) Happy.

(colloquial) Rapidly.

A rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.

(dated) A burst of rapid fire.

(chess) Rapid chess.