QUICK, QUICKEN, QUICKENED, QUICKENING, QUICKER, QUICKEST, QUICKLY, QUICKNESS
ADJECTIVES
► ACCELERATE quickened, hastened → 1527 obs.
► ACCELERATORY quickening, adding to velocity → 1847
► BRASH active, quick → 1887 US
► CHOP-CHOP quick → 1892 Chinese Pidgin (Bk.)
► DAPPER sprightly, quick, active, sharp → E17
► DARTY sharp, quick, active → 1869 Eng. dial.
► EDGIE ► EDGY quick, active, both mentally and physically; sharp, smart, clever → 1825 Sc.
► EFTEST soonest, quickest, most convenient → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAST-ASS fast, quick → 1930s US sl.
► HASTY speedy, quick, expeditious; swift, rapid; sudden → c1340 arch.
► HIEFUL speedy, hasty, hurried, quick, prompt → a1225 obs.
► HOT-FOOTED quick, hasty; rushed, hurried → 1844
► IMPIGROUS diligent, quick, ready, not slow → 1656 obs.
► LIGHTSOME moving lightly; lively, nimble, quick → 1601
► NETTIE ► NETTY ► NITTIE agile, deft, quick in movement, smart, neat → 1892 Sc.
► PERCURSORY running or moving quickly → 1884 humorous usage, obs.
► PERNICIOUS rapid, swift, quick → a1656
► PREST alert, active, sprightly; brisk, quick → c1390 obs.
► PRESTO of the nature of a magical transformation; rapid, quick, instantaneous → 1826
► QUICK AS DAMMIT exceedingly quick→ 20C colloq.
► QUICK AS SCAT very quick → 1927 Amer. dial.
► QUICKER THAN CHAIN LIGHTNING remarkably quick → 1910 Amer. dial.
► QUICKER THAN SCAT very quick → 1860 Amer. dial.
► QUICKER THAN YOU CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON very quick → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► QUICKIE carried out quickly → 1940 US sl.
► QUICKISH quick → 1900 Eng. dial.
► QUICKSILVER resembling quicksilver in quickness of movement → 1655
► QUIVER active, nimble; quick, rapid → c960 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RAD quick, hasty, speedy; active, prompt, ready, dexterous; eager, elated → a700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RAKING fast-going, quick, speedy; energetic, accomplishing much → 1862
► RAPE quick, hasty → c1400 obs.
► RASH active, vigorous; brisk, hale, hearty, nimble, quick; eager, impetuous → a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► RATHE quick in action, speedy, prompt; eager, earnest, vehement → c900 Eng. dial. & poetic usage
► RATHEST quickest, soonest, most preferable; most eager → c888 obs.
► RIFE quick; ready; inclined to → 1853 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RIQUILANT nimble, quick → 19C
► RUSHY rushed, hurried; quick → 1908
► SHORT quick, speedy, immediate → 1480 obs.
► SLIPPY quick, spry; nimble → 1885 UK sl.
► SMART quick in action or response; lively, active; prompt → c1380
► SMART AS A STEEL TRAP exceedingly quick and ready → 1830 Amer.
► SNAPPY quick; brisk; energetic → 1831 Amer. sl.
ׇ► SOON AS DAMMIT exceedingly quick, or almost immediate, soon → 1908 UK
► SPACK of a person: quick, prompt, ready → ME obs. exc. Eng. dial obs.
► SPANKING quick and energetic; lively → colloq.
► SUDDENLY quick, rapid → 1556 obs.
► SWIPPER quick, nimble, active → a1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TALL quick, prompt, ready, active → 1530-1600 obs.
► TIDDER sooner, earlier, quicker → 1790 Eng. dial.
► TIDY smart, brisk, quick → 1899 Eng. dial.
► TITE quick, swift → c1400 obs.
► WIKIWIKI quick, fast, speedy → 1967 Hawaii
► YANKING sharp and quick → 1824 Sc.
► YAP quick, apt, eager or ready, esp. to do something, keen; desirous → c1450 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► YAPPY apt, quick → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YARE adj. alert, nimble, active, brisk, quick → a1300 arch. & Eng. dial.
► YARRY ► YARY ready; smart, quick; sharp, cunning; wary → 1842 Eng. dial.
► YAUP ► YAWP quick, apt, eager or ready, esp. to do something, keen, desirous → c1450 obs. exc. Sc.
► YEDER quick; frequent → a1400-50 obs.
► YEVER eager, quick, prompt → c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
ADVERBS
► ALL OF A FEATHER WHITE quickly → 1935 Amer. dial.
► AS BLIVE as quickly as possible, immediately → 1413 obs.
► ASTOOR ► ASTORE speedily, shortly, very quickly → 1863 Eng. dial.
► AT A TWITCH in a moment; very quickly, without delay → 1528 obs.
► AT A WHIP suddenly, hastily, quickly, briskly → 1550
► BEFORE TEN GARDS COULD SKIN A MINNOW very quickly → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BEFORE YOU COULD SAY JACKRABBIT very quickly → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BEFORE YOU COULD SAY SCAT quickly → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BELIVE ► BILIVE ► BLIVE speedily, hastily, quickly, eagerly → c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BELIVELY ► BLIVELY quickly, at once → c1400 obs.
► BISH-BASH-BOSH quickly, efficiently, in quick succession → 1980s UK sl.
► BOOKITY-BOOK quickly, swiftly → 1935 Amer. dial.
► BROTHELY quickly, hastily; violently, furiously → c1340 obs.
► BUCKLETY-WHET lickety-split, very quickly → 1859 Amer. dial.
► BY THE NEW TIME very quickly → 1910s sl.
► CHOP-CHOP quickly; immediately; shortly → 1892 Chinese Pidgin (Bk.)
► DAP quickly, suddenly, at one swoop → 1895 Eng. dial.
► DING-DUST speedily, quickly → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DIRECTLY quickly → 1924 Amer. dial.
► FASTLY quickly → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HARD quickly, very fast → 1889 Eng. dial.
► HASTIFLY ► HASTIVELY hastily, quickly, speedily → a1327 obs.
► HASTY hastily; quickly, rapidly, soon → c1450 obs.
► HASTYFULLY corrupt form of ‘hastively’; hastily, quickly, speedily → c1500 obs.
► HELL-BENT N’ CROOKED in a quick, excited and disorderly way → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► IN A HANDBASKET quickly, surely, easily → 1923 Amer. dial.
► IN A JIFF quickly, in a very short time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN A JIFFY quickly, in a very short time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN A PATERNOSTER-WHILE in a moment; quickly → 1360 obs.
► IN A PIG’S WHISPER very quickly indeed; immediately; in a very short time → 1823 colloq.
► IN A QUACK in a mere moment; quickly, in the shortest possible time → c1840 Sc.
► IN A TWITCH in a moment; very quickly, without delay → 1726 obs.
► IN A TWITTER soon, quickly → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► IN A WHIFF easily; quickly → 1823 Amer. dial.
► IN JIGTIME very quickly → 20C sl.
► IN QUICK STICKS quickly, without delay → 1890
► IN SHORT METER quickly, immediately, shortly → 1833 Amer. dial.
► IN SHORT ORDER very quickly, at once → 1834 Amer.
► IN THE BAT OF AN EYE quickly → 1966 Amer. dial.
► IN THE TIME YOU CAN BAT AN EYE very quickly → 1966 Amer. dial.
► IN TWO CLAPS OF A LAMB’S TAIL in a moment, very quickly → 1892 Sc.
► IN TWO SHAKES OF A DOG’S HIND LEG quickly, immediately, soon → 1998 NZ sl. (Bk.)
► KEENLY sharply, quickly, in haste → a1300 obs.
► LICKERTY-TOOT with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LICKETY-BANG with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1935 Amer. dial.
► LICKETY-BRINDLE ► LICKITY-BRINDLE with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1896 Amer. dial.
► LICKETY-BUMP with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1943 Amer. dial.
► LICKETY-CLICK with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1847 Amer. dial.
► LICKETY-CUT with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1831 Amer. dial.
► LICKETY-LARRUP with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1907 Amer. dial.
► LICKETY-LEAP with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1911 Amer. dial.
► LICKETY-LINER with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1848 Amer. dial.
► LICKETY-SCOOT ► LIKKETY-SCOOT with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1911 Amer. dial.
► LICKETY-SMASH with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1889 Amer. dial.
► LICKETY-SPLIT with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1835 Amer.
► LICKETY-WHITTLE with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1904 Amer. dial.
► LICKITY-BLINDER with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1896 Amer. dial.
► LICKITY-RIP ► LIKKETY-RIP with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1923 Amer. dial.
► LICKITY-SWITCH with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1895 Amer. dial.
► LICK-SPLITTING in haste, very rapidly → 1931 Amer. dial.
► LIKE A BLINK immediately, very quickly → 1950s sl.
► LIKE A DOSE OF SALTS very quickly and effectively → 1837 UK
► LIKE A KNIFE very quickly → M19 US sl.
► LIKE A LAMPLIGHTER quickly, fast; with long, rapid strides → 1838 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► LIKE A RAT UP A DRAINPIPE very quickly, immediately → 1968
► LIKE A RAT UP A PUMP very quickly, immediately → 1911
► LIKE A RAT UP A ROPE very quickly, immediately → 1959
► LIKE A STREAK OF CHAIN-LIGHTNING very quickly → 1834 Amer. dial.
► LIKE BILLY-HO ► LIKE BILLY-O very quickly; strongly, a lot → 1885 colloq.
► LIKE BLINKO immediately, very quickly → 1950s sl.
► LIKE BRICKS quickly, with energy → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► LIKE FUN energetically, very quickly, vigorously → 1819
► LIKE OLD BOOTS quickly, swiftly → 1850 sl.
► LIKE OLD NICK very quickly → 1941 Amer. dial.
► LIKE OLD SCRATCH very quickly → 1941 Amer. dial.
► LIKE RABBITS very quickly and prolifically → 1897 colloq.
► LIKE SMARTIES voraciously; in great numbers or very quickly → 1967
► LIKE SMOKE very quickly or vigorously → 1825 Amer. dial.
► LIKE SNUFF AT A WAKE very quickly → 20C Irish sl.
► LIKE STEAM very quickly, very easily, energetically → M19 sl.
► LIKE TAR very keenly, very quickly → 1900s sl.
► LIKE THE MILL TAIL O’ THUNDER in a quick, disorderly fashion → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LIKE THE MISCHIEF very quickly → 1941 Amer. dial.
► LIKE THE OLD HARRY quickly → 1941 Amer. dial.
► LIKE THE OLD SCRATCH very quickly → 1941 Amer. dial.
► LIKE WINKY very quickly; in a moment; as in the twinkling of an eye → 1855 Eng. dial.
► LIKKETY-DAMN with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1923 Amer. dial.
► LIKKETY-HELL with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1923 Amer. dial.
► LIKKETY-WHOOP with great speed or vigour; quickly → 1923 Amer. dial.
► MOST RICKY-TICK very quickly → 1970s sl., orig. US military
► NOTHING FLAT very quickly → 1947 US sl.
► NO TIME FLAT very quickly → 1957 US sl.
► PEART briskly, quickly; in a lively or agreeable way → 1832 Amer. dial.
► POCO PRONTO at once, quickly, immediately → 1907 Amer. dial.
► PREST readily, quickly → c1300 obs.
► PRESTLY readily; quickly; promptly, immediately → 1340 obs.
► PRESTO quickly, immediately, at once; suddenly → 1598 obs.
► QUICK quickly → 20C usage
► QUICK AND QUIDDER quickly, forthwith → 1633 Sc.
► QUICK AS A CAT CAN BAT ITS EYE very quickly → 1966 Amer. dial.
► QUICK QUIDDER swiftly, quickly → 1866 Sc.
► QUICKISH quickly → 1888 Eng. dial.
► QUICK-SMART quickly → 1952 Aust. sl.
► QUICK-STICK ► QUICK-STICKS quickly, without delay → 1877
► QUICKSVILLE fast, quickly → 1960s US sl.
► QUICKTIME quickly, immediately → M19 Black British sl.
► QUIDDER swiftly, quickly, esp. of sudden vanishing → 1866 Sc.
► QUIVERLY actively, quickly, smartly → c960 obs.
► RAD quickly, readily, soon → c1250 obs.
► RADLY quickly, promptly, without delay, soon → c888 obs.
► RAM BAM quickly → 20C Amer. sl.
► RAPE hastily, quickly → c1400 obs.
► RAPELIKE hastily, in haste, quickly → c1220 obs.
► RAPELY hastily, in haste, quickly → a1352 obs.
► RAPTLY quickly → 1646 obs.
► RASH quickly, eagerly, hurriedly → 1884 Eng. dial.
► RASHLY quickly, rapidly, hastily → a1547 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RATHE denoting rapidity in the performance or completion of an action; quickly, rapidly, swiftly, esp. without delay, promptly, soon → c825 obs.
► RATHELY quickly, rapidly, swiftly → a950 obs.
► SKEET quickly, hastily, immediately → c1200 obs.
► SKELP quickly and violently; suddenly
► SLAP quickly, unexpectedly, suddenly → L17 sl.
► SPLIT-ARSE very quickly → 1910s sl.
► SWIPPERLY quickly, nimbly → a1400 obs.
► SWITH rapidly, quickly, swiftly → c1275 obs.
► SWITHLY rapidly, quickly, swiftly → 1370 obs.
► TANTIVY at full gallop; swiftly, quickly, hastily; headlong → 1641 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TAPLY at break of day, early in the morning; privately; quickly → 1746 Eng. dial. obs.
► TIGHT tightly; smartly, quickly; strenuously, soundly → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TIGHTLY promptly, quickly; actively, smartly → 1873 Sc.
► TIT ► TITE quickly, soon → a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TITELY ► TITLY quickly, speedily, smartly; soon → a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TITTER more quickly; sooner, earlier → a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
► UNGHERE soon, quickly → c1250 obs.
► WARP SEVEN very quickly → 1992 US sl.
► WIGHT quickly, without delay → ME obs.
► WIKIWIKI quickly, hastily, right away → 1917 Hawaii
► WITH ALL SAIL SET in a quick and determined manner; hurriedly → 1916 Amer. dial.
► WITH A WHIP SIR JOHN very quickly or suddenly → 1631 obs.
► YARE quickly, without delay, promptly, immediately, soon → c1250 obs.
► YARELY quickly, promptly, nimbly, briskly, diligently, eagerly → a900 arch.
► YEDERLY quickly → a1300 obs.
► YEPLY quickly, briskly; promptly, without delay → a1300 obs.
► YERNE quickly, swiftly, rapidly, fast, briskly, at a great rate → a1023 obs.
► YEVERLY greedily, quickly → c900 obs. exc. Sc.
INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► BEFORE GOD GETS THE NEWS very quickly → 1995 African-American sl.
► DON’T LET FLIES STICK TO YOUR HEELS be quick → 1836
► IGAREE! ► IGGRY! hurry up! quickly! → 1910s sl.
► LOOK SNAPPY! ► MAKE IT SNAPPY! quickly! → 1926 UK sl.
► SWITH! quick! → c1175 obs.
► YARE! a command to get ready quickly; quick!; esp. in nautical usage → 1606 arch.
NOUNS
► BICKER a quick movement; the noise caused by a succession of rapid strokes → 1785 Sc.
► BINNER a quick movement, a noisy dash → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BONDI BUS used as an example of something that moves quickly → 1959 Aust. sl.
► BONDI TRAIN used as an example of something that moves quickly → 1959 Aust. sl.
► HASTINESS quickness, swiftness, rapidity; suddenness → c1330 obs.
► IMPIGRITY quickness, diligence → 1623 obs.
► LICK a quick pace or clip; speed → colloq.
► NAVITY diligence, stirring, quickness, speed → 1623 obs.
► ONCE a quick treatment or superficial job, such as a quick clean-up → 1930s sl.
► ONCE-OVER a quick treatment or superficial job, such as a quick clean-up → 1930s sl.
► PERNICITY swiftness, quickness, agility → 1592 obs.
► QUICKENANCE quickening → a1617 obs.
► QUICKSHIP quickness → a1225 obs.
► RALLY a rush; a quick pace → 1880 Sc.
► RATTLE a quick pace; speed; impetus; a dash → 1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCOUR a run, rush, a quick pace or walk, a race → 1796 Sc.
► SCREED a quick movement; a snatch → 1805 Sc. obs.
► SPRENT a quick or sudden movement; a jump, a spring; a start; also, a short burst of effort → a1522
► SPRINT a quick or sudden movement; a jump, a spring; a start; also, a short burst of effort → a1800 Eng. dial. obs.
► SPRIT a sudden quick movement; a spring, a jump, a leap → 1880 Sc.
► SPRUNT a quick or convulsive movement; a start; a spring or bound → 1660 obs.
► WALLOP a fast pace; a flurry; a quick movement, esp. with one’s clothes fluttering about one → 1825 Sc.
► YARK a quick movement of any kind → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► FAST ALECK a quick person → 1935 Amer. dial.
► SPANKER a person who moves at a quick or lively pace → colloq.
► TIGSER a person who is quick in motion → 1905 Eng. dial. sl. (Bk.)
► VELOCIPEDE a person who moves swiftly or quickly → 1822
VERBS
► BAZZ to move quickly or energetically; to rush, to dash → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEAST to move or act quickly and/or forcefully → 2007 sl. (Bk.)
► BELT ALONG to move quickly or expeditiously → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BICKER to move quickly; of a stream: to ripple, to flow → 1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BIRL to move quickly; to hurry along; to run about → 1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BOMB to go somewhere quickly → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOMB AROUND to move quickly from place to place → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOOM ALONG to move quickly → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► BUCKET to move quickly → 19C sl.
► BURL ALONG to move quickly → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BUSCH to move quickly, to rush; of water: to flow rapidly and forcefully, to gush → c1400 obs.
► CALL to move quickly, to submit to be driven → 1768 Sc.
► CARRY THE MAIL to move quickly → 1946 US sl.
► CLIP to move or run quickly → M19 US colloq.
► DANCE BARNABY to move quickly → 1664 sl.
► DAP to move quickly and lightly; to trip along → 1892 Eng. dial.
► DICE to do anything quickly and neatly → 1768 Sc.
► DO A SKATE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly → M19 sl.
► DUNDER to move quickly and noisily → 1793 Sc. obs.
► EDGIE ► EDGY to be quick or alert in doing anything → 1825 Sc. obs.
► FAG to move quickly; to depart hurriedly → 1920 Amer. dial.
► FAG ALONG to move quickly; to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. dial.
► FAN ► FAN ABOUT to move around quickly, to run, to escape → 1899 US sl.
► FAN OUT to move about quickly; to run → 1905 Amer. dial.
► FAN THE DUST to move about quickly; to run → 1970 Amer. dial.
► GET UP AND QUILL to depart in haste; to move quickly → 1869 Amer. dial.
► GO LIKE A LAMPLIGHTER to go quickly; to walk fast → 1848 Amer. dial.
► GO THROUGH LIKE A DOSE OF SALTS to do or accomplish something quickly → 1837 Amer. dial.
► HASTE to cause to move more quickly; to urge, drive, or press on; to quicken, to accelerate, to hurry → a1300
► HORSE IT to walk or go quickly → 1895 US sl.
► HOSS IT to walk or go quickly → 1968 US sl.
► HURRY UP YOUR CAKES to go quickly → M19 US sl.
► HURVE to move quickly, to hurry → 1983 Aust. sl.
► HYKER to go quickly, to run → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HYPER to go quickly, to run → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► IGAREE ► IGGERY ► IGGRY ► IGRI to hurry up, to go quickly → 1910s sl.
► JICKER to go quickly about anything; to walk smartly → 1789 Sc.
► KITE ► KITE IT to move or go quickly or energetically; to hurry → 1854 Amer. dial.
► LAKE to exert oneself, to move quickly, to leap, to spring; hence, to fight → a1000 obs.
► LAMP to go quickly by taking long steps → a1605 Sc.
► LANCE to bound, to spring, to move quickly, to rush → c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► LEASH AWAY to walk or move quickly → 1801 Sc.
► LICK to move quickly or lightly
► LOOK SNAPPY to be quick → 1926 UK sl.
► MAKE IT SNAPPY to be quick → 1926 UK sl.
► MEND ONE’S GAIT to quicken one’s steps; to move or travel faster → 1899 Amer. dial.
► MEND ONE’S LICKS to go faster; to quicken one’s steps → 1864 Amer. dial.
► MEND ONE’S SPEED to quicken one’s steps; to accelerate one’s progress → 1843 Sc.
► MOG to cause to move quickly; to make one go where they don’t want to go → 1867 Amer. dial.
► MOOSTER to move quickly, to go actively; to stir, to be moving → 1873 Eng. dial.
► OSCAR to move quickly → 1931 US sl.
► PACK THE MAIL to ride or move quickly; to go fast, to run → 1942 Amer. dial.
► PROPERATE to hasten or press forward; to go quickly → 1623 obs.
► PUT A JERK IN IT to act vigorously, smartly, or quickly → 1910s sl.
► PUT ON THE FAN to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly → 1967 Amer. dial.
► QUILL to move quickly → 1869 Amer. dial.
► RAISE DUST to hurry, to go quickly → 1910s US sl.
► RALLACK AWAY to do anything quickly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RALLY to go quickly; to hurry on → 1888 Eng. dial.
► RATTLE to move, run, or drive quickly, esp. with much noise → 1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RIDE AS IF FETCHING THE MIDWIFE to go post haste → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RUSTLE to move quickly → 1882 US colloq.
► SASHAY to hurry, to move quickly → 20C sl., orig. US
► SCAMPER to run or go hastily or quickly
► SCHUSSEL to hurry, to rush; to do something in a quick and sloppy manner → 1935 Amer. dial.
► SCREED to do anything quickly, smartly, and with spirit → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCRIM to move quickly, to scud along → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SHAB OUT to sneak away; to slink off; to go quickly → 1902 Amer. dial.
► SKATE ► SKATE OFF to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly → M19 sl.
► SKEET to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly → 1838 Amer. dial.
► SKEETE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly → M19 sl.
► SKEETER to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly → 1954 Amer. dial.
► SKICE to move quickly and briskly; to skip or frisk about; to run → 1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SKID to run or go quickly, to scud → 1815
► SKIFF to move lightly and quickly, esp. so as to barely touch a surface; to glide, to run, etc. in this manner → 1725 Sc.
► SKIFT to move lightly and quickly; to skip, to run, to glide → a1586 obs.
► SKIFTER to move lightly and quickly; to skip, to run, to glide → 1887
► SKITE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly → M19 sl.
► SKIVE to move lightly and quickly; to dart → 1854 Eng. dial.
► SKRIM to move quickly, to scud along → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SKYHOOT to go fast or quickly; to depart hurriedly; to scoot; to skyrocket ..1900 Amer. dial.
► SMITE to move quickly; to rush; to dart → c1225 obs.
► SPANK to go at a quick and lively pace → 19C
► SPARKLE UP to hasten, to be quick → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SPRENT to move suddenly, quickly, or energetically; to spring, to bound; to dart, to dash → a1400 obs.
► SPRIT to move suddenly, quickly, or energetically; to spring, to dart, to dash → c1400 chiefly Sc.
► SPRUNT to move quickly or convulsively; to spring, to start; to dart, to run → 1601 obs.
► STIR ONE’S STUMPS to walk fast; to dance briskly; to act quickly; to bestir oneself, to increase one’s speed → c1460
► TAKE OFF to begin to move or increase quickly → 2002 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► TEW to fuss, to fret; to bustle about; to move about quickly → 1848 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► THUD to fall heavily; to move quickly; of wind: to blow in gusts; to rush with a hollow sound → 1800 Sc. obs.
► TOTE THE MAIL to run quickly; to move in a hurry; to ride or move quickly; to go fast → 1893 Amer. dial.
► TURN ON THE FAN to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly; to run away; to escape → 1935 Amer. sl., esp. prison usage
► WAFT to move quickly about; to pass quickly by → 1863 Eng. dial.
► WAIL ► WALE to hurry away; to be quick over anything → 1867 Eng. dial.
► WALK ONE’S CHALKS to go or move, esp. away, quickly; to depart quickly; to run away → 1840 US sl.
► YANK to move quickly and vigorously, to spank along → 1822 Sc.
► YARK ► YERK to move quickly or hastily; to push on; to do anything energetically; to work hard → 1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ZAP to move quickly → 1974 US sl.
► ZING to travel quickly → 1920 US sl.
► ZING ALONG to move quickly and strongly → 1961 sl.
► ZIP to move quickly → 1852 US sl.
► ZIP AWAY to move quickly → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► ZOT to move quickly or suddenly → c1965