| an extremely rapid rate of speed: rumors traveling at warp speed. |
| warp speed n. Informal An extremely rapid speed or state of activity: "A young pronghorn antelope teased a yearling wolf, shifting into warp speed and leaving the wolf in the dust when it tried to pursue" (William K. Stevens). [From warp speed, speed used for interstellar travel in the science fiction television series Star Trek, referring to the use of time or space warps.] |