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| avalanche |
An avalanche is a sudden rapid movement of a large amount of snow, ice, or rocks down a mountain. |
| chatter |
rapid speech that is incomprehensible or whose meaning is unimportant to the listener. [1/5 definitions] |
| express |
of transportation, making few or no stops before reaching an intended place; rapid. [1/5 definitions] |
| pant |
a short, rapid breath; gasp. [1/3 definitions] |
| rapid |
When something is rapid, it happens quickly. If you are learning how to play the piano and you are making rapid progress, you are learning and improving quickly. [2 definitions] |
| speech |
Speech is the way that a person speaks. Rapid speech is a fast way of speaking, for example. [1/4 definitions] |
| wanna |
contraction of "want to" used in some types of writing to reflect how the two words are often pronounced together in rapid, informal speech. |
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