Meaning of "swift"

swift •

adj.
• • moving very fast, coming suddenly or quickly, quick rapid: matulin, mabilis adv. swiftly: mabilis, matulin

n.
• • a small bird with long wings: layang-layang

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quick

adj.
• • 1. fast: mabilis, bigla
  • 2. swift, brisk, rapid: matulin, mabilis
  • 3. prompt, done in a short time: madali, mabilis
  • 4. quick in movement, active: maliksi
  • 5. lively: masigla
  • 6. mentally sharp: alisto, listo/a
  • 7. impulsive, impatient, hasty: pabigla-bigla, di mahinahon, mainipin adv. quickly: dali, dali-dali, madali

sailboat

n.
• • 1. a boat that is moved by sails: bangkang (barkong) may layag
  • 2. small, swift boat moved by sails: binta
  • 3. a kind of big native sailboat: paraw

dart

n.
• • 1. a small, pointed weapon, as a spear for spearing fish: tunod, suligi, maikling sibat
  • 2. a sudden, swift movement: sibad, hagibis, kaskas

v.
• • to move or run away swiftly or suddenly: sumibad, humagibis, kumaskas

rapid

adj.
• • very quick, swift: matulin, mabilis

n.
• • rapids, a part of a river where water rushes very swiftly: parte ng ilog na matulin ang agos

fast

adj.
• • 1. quick, rapid, swift: matulin, mabilis
  • 2. showing time ahead of the real time: adelantado
  • 3. too gay or wild: magulo
  • 4. does not fade (for colors): hindi kumukupas, walang kupas

v.
• • to go without food, to eat very little: mag-ayuno, magkulasyon

n.
• • abstinence from food, partial or total: ayuno, pag-aayuno, kulasyon, pagkukulasyon

tulin

adj.
• • matulin (ma-) fast, swift, rapid

agos

n.
• • current

adj.
• • maagos (ma-) having swift currents inagos (-in)

v.
• • to be carried away by the current. Inagos ang mga damit sa ilog. The clothes were carried away by the current in the river. umagos (um-)

v.
• • to flow. Umagos ang tubig. The water flowed.

binta

Sp n.
• • small swift sailboat

bilis

n.
• • speed

adj.
• • mabilis (ma-) speedy, rapid, fast, swift bilisan (-an)

v.
• • to make fast, hurry, speed up. Bilisan mo ang takbo ng kotse. Drive the car faster.