rapid movement
Swift change of position
Quick motion from one position to another.
Rapid movement describes physical speed—a boxer's rapid movement across the ring, the rapid movement of eyes during REM sleep.
In technical contexts, it may refer to mechanical action: The rapid movement of the piston generates power.
Figuratively, it can describe swift change: the rapid movement of capital across borders.
- scurryHurried small-stepped motion
- lungeSudden forward movement
- dashQuick burst or pinch
- scrambleMix into disorder
- full tiltAt maximum velocity
mad scramble · gust · acceleration · breakneck speed · propulsion · lightning · lightning fast · bolt of lightning · hurtle · velocity · gallop · bound · surge · leap · split second · swoosh · thrust · momentum
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
- kinetic artkinetic art, mobiles, kinetic sculpture, mobile, hanging mobile
- nastics
- solifugescamel spider, camel spiders
rapid movementslow movement
Leisurely pace of travel
slow motion · crawl · creep · plodding · snail's pace
rapid movementstillness
Complete lack of motion
immobility · motionlessness · stasis · standstill · inertia