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rapid

a. [L. rapidus, fr. rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch or hurry away; perhaps akin to Gr. 'arpa`zein: cf. F. rapide. Cf. Harpy, Ravish.] ()

1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion. ()

Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels. (Milton.)

2. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession. ()

3. Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman. ()

n. [Cf. F. rapide. See Rapid, a.] The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; sometimes called whitewater; -- usually used in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence. ()

Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past. (Moore.)

a. (Gun.) Firing shots in rapid succession. ()