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adjective
1.
moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
2.
done in comparatively little time; taking a comparatively short time: a fast race; fast work.
3.
(of time)
a.
indicating a time in advance of the correct time, as of a clock.
b.
noting or according to daylight-saving time.
4.
adapted to, allowing, productive of, or imparting rapid movement: a hull with fast lines; one of the fastest pitchers in baseball.
5.
EXPANDcharacterized by unrestrained conduct or lack of moral conventions, especially in sexual relations; wanton; loose: Some young people in that era were considered fast, if not downright promiscuous.
6.
characterized by hectic activity: leading a fast life.
7.
resistant: acid-fast.
8.
firmly fixed in place; not easily moved; securely attached.
9.
held or caught firmly, so as to be unable to escape or be extricated: an animal fast in a trap.
10.
firmly tied, as a knot.
11.
closed and made secure, as a door, gate, or shutter.
12.
such as to hold securely: to lay fast hold on a thing.
13.
firm in adherence; loyal; devoted: fast friends.
14.
permanent, lasting, or unchangeable: a fast color; a hard and fast rule.
15.
Informal.
a.
(of money, profits, etc.) made quickly or easily and sometimes deviously: He earned some fast change helping the woman with her luggage.
b.
cleverly quick and manipulative in making money: a fast operator when it comes to closing a business deal.
16.
Photography.
a.
(of a lens) able to transmit a relatively large amount of light in a relatively short time.
b.
(of a film) requiring a relatively short exposure time to attain a given density.
17.
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a.
(of a track condition) completely dry.
b.
(of a track surface) very hard.
adverb
18.
quickly, swiftly, or rapidly.
19.
in quick succession: Events followed fast upon one another to the crisis.
20.
tightly; firmly: to hold fast.
21.
soundly: fast asleep.
22.
EXPANDin a wild or dissipated way.
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Pull a fast one
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
noun
Idioms25.
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
26.
play fast and loose. play (def. 80).
27.
pull a fast one, Informal. to play an unfair trick; practice deceit: He tried to pull a fast one on us by switching the cards.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English fæst firm; cognate with Dutch vast, Old Norse fastr firm, German fest; akin to fast2
before 900; Middle English; Old English fæst firm; cognate with Dutch vast, Old Norse fastr firm, German fest; akin to fast2
Synonyms
1, 2. fleet, speedy. See quick. 5. dissipated, dissolute, profligate, immoral; wild, prodigal. 8. secure, tight, immovable, firm. 9. inextricable. 13. faithful, steadfast. 14. enduring. 20. securely, fixedly, tenaciously. 22. recklessly, wildly, prodigally.
1, 2. fleet, speedy. See quick. 5. dissipated, dissolute, profligate, immoral; wild, prodigal. 8. secure, tight, immovable, firm. 9. inextricable. 13. faithful, steadfast. 14. enduring. 20. securely, fixedly, tenaciously. 22. recklessly, wildly, prodigally.
Antonyms
1, 2. slow. 5, 6. restrained. 8. loose.
1, 2. slow. 5, 6. restrained. 8. loose.
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Word Origin & History
fast
O.E. fæstan "to fast" (as a religious duty), from P.Gmc. *fastejan (cf. O.Fris. festia, O.H.G. fasten, O.N. fasta), from the same root as fast (adj.). The original meaning was "hold firmly," and the sense evolution is via "firm control of oneself," to "holding to observance"
EXPAND(cf. Goth. fastan "to keep, observe," also "to fast"). Presumably the whole group is a Gmc. translation of M.L. observare "to fast." Related: Fasted; fasting.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
fast 2
v. fast·ed, fast·ing, fasts
To abstain from food.
To eat little or abstain from certain foods, especially as a religious discipline.
The act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food.
A period of such abstention or self-denial.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases
pull a fast one
Also, put over a fast one. Engage in a deceitful practice or play an unfair trick. For example, He pulled a fast one when he gave me that fake employment record, or She tried to put over a fast one, but we found out in time to stop her. [Slang; c. 1920]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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