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flying collapse: done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line; "a flying start"; "crossed the goal line with a flying leap"; hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"; of or relating to passage through the air (especially aviation); "a flying time of three hours between cities"; "unidentified flying objects"; designed for swift movement or action; "a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city"; capable of or engaged in flight; "the bat is a flying animal"

droll collapse: comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"

apt collapse: mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker

lampoon collapse

on the ball collapse

unblinking collapse: not shrinking from danger; showing no visible emotion; "stood unblinking and accepted a sentence of a year"

humorous collapse: full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"

reckless collapse

catty collapse: any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)

salty collapse: containing or filled with salt; "salt water"; one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water

sarcasm collapse: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

snappy collapse: smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines"

spanking collapse: the act of slapping on the buttocks; "he gave the brat a good spanking"

squib collapse: firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise

on the job collapse

shallowness collapse: the quality of lacking physical depth; "take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive"

brilliant collapse: full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers"; characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony"; of surpassing excellence; "a brilliant performance"; "a superb actor"

zippy collapse

slowness collapse: a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

clever collapse: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

hasty collapse: excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"; done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"

irony collapse: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"; a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

simplicity collapse: the quality of being simple or uncompounded; "the simplicity of a crystal"; absence of affectation or pretense; a lack of penetration or subtlety; "they took advantage of her simplicity"

fleet collapse: a group of warships organized as a tactical unit; a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership; group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership; group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership; moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"

Attic collapse: (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof; informal terms for a human head; the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens; of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; "Attic Greek"

penetration collapse: the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women"; the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman; an attack that penetrates into enemy territory; the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target); the ability to make way into or through something; "the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries"; clear or deep perception of a situation

thinness collapse: a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup"; relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope"

dullness collapse: without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"; lack of sensibility; "there was a dullness in his heart"; "without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it."; a lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea"; the quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"; the quality of being slow to understand

mobile collapse: sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents; a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay; a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay; capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another; "a highly mobile face"; moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator"; having transportation available; (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"

comedy collapse: light and humorous drama with a happy ending

mercurial collapse: relating to or containing or caused by mercury; "mercurial preparations"; "mercurial sore mouth"; relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; "more than Mercurial thievishness"; relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; "the Mercurial canals"

lively collapse: characterized by energetic activity; "a lively baby"; filled with events or activity; "a lively period in history"; full of life and energy; "a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party"; full of zest or vigor; "a racy literary style"

funny collapse: experiencing odd bodily sensations; "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest"

canny collapse

mordant collapse: a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process

pert collapse

parody collapse: humorous or satirical mimicry; a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way; make a spoof of or make fun of

handy collapse: United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958); skillful with the hands; "handy with an axe"; easy to use; "a handy gadget"

attentive collapse: (often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor"

sleepless collapse

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