intransitive. To exert oneself, move quickly, leap, spring; hence, to fight. Obsolete.

intransitive. To move through the air with wings. Also with adverbs, as about, away, forth, off, out, etc. as the crow flies: see crow, n.1 3c.

intransitive. In various figurative contexts, generally with the implication of rapid motion.

To move rapidly, go in haste, run. Chiefly with adverbs, indicating the direction, etc.

Alteration of chace, apparently for alliteration's sake.

To advance or come on quickly, hasten on; to ‘get on’, make progress; to speed, prosper.

To move rapidly; to run quickly; now esp. to ride or drive at a rapid and even rate.

intransitive. To move swiftly; to flit, fly. Also with away. Cf. fleet, adj.1

Of light, etc.: To be reflected, flash, gleam, etc. Of luminous or reflecting objects: To shine. (Cf. glint, v. i.) Now only dialect.

intransitive. To move or pass swiftly.

intransitive. To move, go, esp. quickly; to sally forth or out. Cf. sway, v. 1a. Obsolete.

intransitive. To go or travel vigorously or speedily; to proceed rapidly. Chiefly with adverb or prepositional phrase indicating direction. Obsolete.

intransitive. To go or move with speed. Also with it, up.

intransitive. To run or move briskly or hurriedly; to dart nimbly from place to place.

transferred, e.g. of the sun in its course. Of a river: To flow, stream.

intransitive (†occasionally reflexive). To use one's wings, take flight, fly; occasionally transferred to sail; figurative to ‘fly’, pass swiftly…

intransitive. To move the wings rapidly; to fly rapidly. Also to clip it. archaic.

transitive (in passive). To be hurried or rushed; to be driven hard. Also intransitive: to hurry at something. Obsolete.

intransitive. To move swiftly; to hasten.

intransitive. To move or go rapidly, hurry.

transitive. To drink quickly, ‘toss off’ (liquor).

intransitive. To move quickly; to hurry away, depart abruptly (dialect); to bustle about (U.S.).

To move rapidly. intransitive. Of a person or animal: to move or progress swiftly; to run hastily or excitedly. Also in extended uses.

intransitive. To go quickly; to travel.

slang or colloquial (intransitive) Hence, To move sharply, to run rapidly. With various adverbs and prepositions. Also with along, out. to cut round…

intransitive. To move or travel with speed and elasticity; to go quickly and vigorously; to ride or… Of animals, in general use.

intransitive. To run or go quickly, to scud. Also, = scud, v.1 2.

intransitive. To go fast; to run away, make off. Chiefly Australian in later use.

intransitive. To ‘whip’ on, ‘pelt’ along, travel with speed; Nautical to clap on full sail (colloquial)

To flutter, move rapidly.

To move or walk quickly; to go along in this manner. dialect or colloquial. Also poetic.

intransitive (colloquial) To move or run quickly. Cf. cut, v. 19. U.S.

intransitive. To move swiftly; to hurry; to run. Usually with adverbs.

intransitive. To go quickly, to move smartly. Also (occasionally) transitive: to cause to move rapidly.

slang (originally dialect: widespread outside the U.K.). intransitive. To run, ride, or move at full speed. Also in the U.S., to lick it.

intransitive. colloquial. Originally: to go away or depart, esp. with speed; chiefly in imperative, expressing hostile or aggressive dismissal. Now…

intransitive. To travel rapidly; to move or act with haste; to hurry.

colloquial. intransitive. To move briskly or with speed; spec. to move rapidly through the air with a sharp whining, buzzing, or ripping sound (see…

Of persons, in various transferred senses. To move or go in a stately or dignified manner, suggestive of the movement of a ship under sail. (Chiefly…

intransitive. colloquial. To move quickly or in the manner of a rabbit; to run away.

intransitive. colloquial. To go quickly.

intransitive, and transitive with it. To run (quickly) away; to move or leave quickly. Chiefly with adverbial complement.

transitive. U.S. slang. to ball the jack: to behave recklessly or wildly; (also) to travel fast, to hurry.

slang. To go (quickly). to buzz off: to go off or away quickly. Also to buzz in: to come in (quickly), to enter.

To move, to travel, esp. quickly; to get a move on. Cf. shift, n. 14a. colloquial.

intransitive. To move quickly; also transitive, to urge (a horse) forward.

Of a motor car, etc.: to travel at speed. slang.

transitive. To force or turn or drive (an animal, etc.) off (or out, etc.); also intransitive, to move (rapidly). Cf. also quot. 1943.

intransitive. To move or travel quickly. With adverb (phr.) slang.

Surfing. To cut or plough rapidly through (the water, etc.) on a surfboard; also transferred, to travel along (a track, etc.) at speed. Also intrans…