Velocity
Nouns
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velocity, speed, celerity
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swiftness etc. adj.
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rapidity, eagle speed
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expedition etc. (activity) Activity
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pernicity
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acceleration
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haste etc. Haste. spurt, rush, dash, race, steeple chase
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smart rate, lively rate, swift rate etc. adj.
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rattling rate, spanking rate, strapping rate, smart pace, lively pace, swift pace, rattling pace, spanking pace, strapping pace
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round pace
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flying, flight. lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind
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cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart, quicksilver
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telegraph, express train
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torrent. eagle, antelope, courser, race horse, gazelle, greyhound, hare, doe, squirrel, camel bird, chickaree, chipmunk, hackee [U.S.], ostrich, scorcher [Slang]. Mercury, Ariel, Camilla, Harlequin. [Measurement of velocity] log, log line
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speedometer, odometer, tachometer, strobe, radar speed detector, radar trap, air speed gauge, wind sock, wind speed meter
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pedometer.
Verbs
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move quickly, trip, fisk
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speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle
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scud, scuddle
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scour, scour the plain
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scamper
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run like mad, beat it
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fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush
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cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel
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scorch, burn up the track
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rush etc. (be violent) Violence
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dash on, dash off, dash forward
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bolt
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trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom
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march in quick time, march in double time
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ride hard, get over the ground. hurry etc. (hasten) Haste
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accelerate, put on
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quicken
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quicken one's pace, mend one's pace
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clap spurs to one's horse
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make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches, make the best of one's way
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put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's way, set off at a score
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carry sail, crowd sail
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go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead, gain ground
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outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind. keep up with, keep pace with
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outstrip etc. [Motion beyond] Transcursion
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outmarch.
Adjectives
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fast, speedy, swift, rapid, quick, fleet
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aliped
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nimble, agile, expeditious
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express
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active etc. Activity
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flying, galloping etc. v.
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light footed, nimble footed
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winged, eagle winged, mercurial, electric, telegraphic
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light-legged, light of heel
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swift as an arrow etc. n.
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quick as lightning etc. n., quick as a thought.
Adverbs
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swiftly etc. adj.
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with speed etc. n.
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apace
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at a great rate, at full speed, at railway speed
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full drive, full gallop
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posthaste, in full sail, tantivy
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trippingly
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instantaneously etc. [Point of time] Instantaneity. under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail and steam
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on eagle's wing, in double quick time
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with rapid strides, with giant strides
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in seven league boots
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whip and spur
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as fast as one's legs will carry one, as fast as one's heels will carry one
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as fast as one can lay legs to the ground, at the top of one's speed
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by leaps and bounds
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with haste etc. Haste.
Phrases
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I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes" [M.N.D.]
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swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow" [M.N.D.]
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go like a bat out of hell