Meaning of "rapid"

rapid •

adj.
• • very quick, swift: matulin, mabilis

n.
• • rapids, a part of a river where water rushes very swiftly: parte ng ilog na matulin ang agos

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epidemic

n.
• • rapid spreading of a disease so that many people have it at the same time: salot, peste

quick

adj.
• • 1. fast: mabilis, bigla
  • 2. swift, brisk, rapid: matulin, mabilis
  • 3. prompt, done in a short time: madali, mabilis
  • 4. quick in movement, active: maliksi
  • 5. lively: masigla
  • 6. mentally sharp: alisto, listo/a
  • 7. impulsive, impatient, hasty: pabigla-bigla, di mahinahon, mainipin adv. quickly: dali, dali-dali, madali

throb

n.
• • a rapid or strong beat: mabilis o malakas na tibok, pintig

v.
• • to beat rapidly or stongly: tumibok nang mabilis o malakas, pumintig, may pintig

sudden

adj.
• • 1. not expected: bigla, biglaan, di inaasahan
  • 2. quick, rapid: bigla, mabilis, kagyat
  • 3. all of a sudden, unexpectedly or quickly: walang anu-ano, kaginsa-ginsa, biglang-bigla

fast

adj.
• • 1. quick, rapid, swift: matulin, mabilis
  • 2. showing time ahead of the real time: adelantado
  • 3. too gay or wild: magulo
  • 4. does not fade (for colors): hindi kumukupas, walang kupas

v.
• • to go without food, to eat very little: mag-ayuno, magkulasyon

n.
• • abstinence from food, partial or total: ayuno, pag-aayuno, kulasyon, pagkukulasyon

swift

adj.
• • moving very fast, coming suddenly or quickly, quick rapid: matulin, mabilis adv. swiftly: mabilis, matulin

n.
• • a small bird with long wings: layang-layang

tagaktak

n.
• • rapid dropping (of tears or sweat)

v.
• • tumagaktak (-um-) to perspire profusely or to cry with tears falling rapidly. Tumatagaktak ang kanyang luha kapag siya'y nasaktan. Her tears are falling profusely when she gets hurt.

tulin

adj.
• • matulin (ma-) fast, swift, rapid

tahip

n.
• • up and down movement of rice grains being winnowed on a flat basket, rapid palpitation or throbbing (of heartbeat)

v.
• • tumahip (-um-) to beat rapidly (heart). Tumahip ang dibdib ni Marta dahil sa takot. Marta's heart beat rapidly because of fear. magtahip, tahipin (mag-:-in)

v.
• • winnow (cereals)

bilis

n.
• • speed

adj.
• • mabilis (ma-) speedy, rapid, fast, swift bilisan (-an)

v.
• • to make fast, hurry, speed up. Bilisan mo ang takbo ng kotse. Drive the car faster.