rapid

IPA: rˈæpʌd

(often in the plural) A rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.
(dated) A burst of rapid fire.
(chess) Short for rapid chess. [(chess) Chess played at a relatively quick time control, with each side getting about 15 minutes to make their moves.]

Examples of "rapid" in Sentences

But the difficulty of going at what I call a rapid pace, is prodigious; it is almost an impossibility.
He also says China can no longer sacrifice the environment for what he describes as rapid and reckless development.
Problems in the police were being aggravated by what he described as a rapid globalisation of crime and criminals becoming more sophisticated.
Bank experts insist that unless there is what they call rapid market-assisted land reform, any future economic development will be precarious.
QUESTION: There are some concerns in this country about the European plan for what they call a rapid-reaction force, their own military capability.
The Red Cross folks say that they hope to get there tonight and that the first thing they're going to do is try to build up what they call a rapid deployment hospital.
Canyon, because the declivity within it is so great and the water descends with such tremendous velocity and continuity that he thought the term rapid failed to interpret the conditions.
When a person is in the REM phase, there is a noticeable twitching movement of the eyes under closed lids (hence the term rapid eye movement), and the voluntary muscles of the body are usually paralysed.
Opponents of Dodd-Frank decry what they call a rapid and haphazard approach, saying market participants "don't know what the rules are or whether these rules cover them," said Jess Sharp , a top official at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.