mile-a-minute
At breakneck speed
Mile-a-minute describes something moving or happening extremely fast.
Most often applied to speech: someone who talks a mile a minute speaks rapidly without pause.
She was talking a mile a minute about her trip.
The phrase can also describe any frantic pace of activity: Life in the city moves mile-a-minute.
Recklessly high speed
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- swiftMoving with speed
- rapidMoving with haste
hasty · whirlwind · turbocharged · accelerated · meteoric · zippy · brisk · supersonic
One who talks incessantly
- motormouthNonstop rapid talker
- gabbingTalking at length casually
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- breathlessLacking air, gasping
prattling · blathering · nonstop · rapid-fire · uninterrupted · incessant · ceaseless · constant
Aggressive Asian climbing plant
- bindweedTwining parasitic weed
- ivyEvergreen climbing plant
- climberOne who scales
- twiningWrapping around spirally
rambler · sprawling · creeping · vines · proliferation · burgeon · flourish · thrive
Aggressive Asian climbing plant
- bindweedTwining parasitic weed
- nonnativeNot indigenous to a place
- noxiousHarmful, especially when inhaled
- weedUninvited plant
aggressive · infestation · displacement · colonization · monoculture · smothering · choking · overtaking
breakneck
Recklessly high speed
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- swiftMoving with speed
rapid · hasty · whirlwind · turbocharged · accelerated · meteoric · zippy · brisk · supersonic · velocity
chatterbox
One who talks incessantly
- motormouthNonstop rapid talker
- gabbingTalking at length casually
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
breathless · prattling · blathering · nonstop · rapid-fire · uninterrupted · incessant · ceaseless · constant · relentless
kudzu
Aggressive Asian climbing plant
twining · rambler · sprawling · creeping · vines · proliferation · burgeon · flourish · thrive · rampant
kudzu
Aggressive Asian climbing plant
- bindweedTwining parasitic weed
- nonnativeNot indigenous to a place
- noxiousHarmful, especially when inhaled
weed · aggressive · infestation · displacement · colonization · monoculture · smothering · choking · overtaking · ecosystem
barrage
Sustained, overwhelming attack
flood · avalanche · surge · wave · inundation · engulfing · overpowering · swamping · stifling · suffocating
- weedsdandelion, crabgrass, thistle, nettles, ragweed
- Invasive Plantskudzu, garlic mustard, English ivy, water hyacinth, buckthorn
- Polygonaceaebuckwheat, knotweed, sorrel, rhubarb, smartweed