All chop-chop synonyms
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- speedball β a game similar to soccer with the chief difference that a player catching the ball on the fly can pass it with the hands.
- supersonic β greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- brash β If you describe someone or their behaviour as brash, you disapprove of them because you think that they are too confident and aggressive.
- brief β Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
- cursory β A cursory glance or examination is a brief one in which you do not pay much attention to detail.
- eager β keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
- fast β moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- fiery β consisting of, attended with, characterized by, or containing fire: a volcano's fiery discharge.
- foolhardy β recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- headlong β with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
- heedless β careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
- impatient β not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- impetuous β of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- incautious β not cautious; careless; reckless; heedless.
- inconsiderate β without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- madcap β wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash: a madcap scheme.
- passing β going by or past; elapsing: He was feeling better with each passing day.
- perfunctory β performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- precipitate β to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- prompt β done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- rash β acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
- rushed β to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- short β having little length; not long.
- slapdash β in a hasty, haphazard manner: He assembled the motor slapdash.
- superficial β being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- thoughtless β lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
- quickie β a book, story, movie, etc., usually trivial in quality, requiring only a short time to produce.
adv chop-chop
- apace β If something develops or continues apace, it is developing or continuing quickly.
- flat-out β moving or working at top speed or with maximum effort; all-out: a flat-out effort by all contestants.
- hastily β moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- in a flash β very quickly, in an instant
- promptly β done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- fleetly β swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- full tilt β at the full potential, speed, energy, forcefulness, etc.
- hurriedly β moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- in short order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- like a shot β a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- lickety-split β at great speed; rapidly: to travel lickety-split.
- speedily β characterized by speed; rapid; swift; fast.
- chop chop β pidgin English for quickly
- in high gear β Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- make it snappy β apt to snap or bite; snappish, as a dog.
- briskly β quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.