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adjective

1. Characterized by great celerity: breakneck, expeditious, fleet, quick, rapid, speedy, swift. Informal hell-for-leather. Idioms: quick as abunnywink. See fast/slow/velocity.
2. Accomplished in very little time: brief, expeditious, flying, hasty, hurried, quick, rapid, short, speedy, swift. See fast/slow/velocity.
3. Lacking in moral restraint: abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, gay, incontinent, licentious, profligate, rakish, unbridled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, ungoverned, uninhibited, unrestrained, wanton, wild. See restraint/unrestraint.
4. Marked by an absence of conventional restraint in sexual behavior; sexually unrestrained: easy, libertine, light², loose, wanton, whorish. See sex/asexual.
5. Permanently resistive to fading: colorfast, indelible. See continue/stop/pause.
6. Persistently holding to something: clinging, firm¹, secure, tenacious, tight. See free/unfree, tighten/loosen.
7. Firmly settled or positioned: firm¹, secure, stable, steady, strong, sure. See continue/stop/pause.
8. Adhering firmly and devotedly, as to a person, a cause, or a duty: allegiant, constant, faithful, firm¹, liege, loyal, staunch, steadfast, true. See continue/stop/pause, trust/distrust.

adverb

In a rapid way: apace, posthaste, quick, quickly. Informal flat out, hell-for-leather, lickety-split, pronto. Idioms: full tilt, in a flash, in nothing flat, like a bat out of hell, like a blue streak, like a flash, like a house on fire, like a shot, like a streak, like greased lightning, like the wind, like wildfire. See fast/slow/velocity.

Idioms beginning with fast:
fast buck
fast track

See also get nowhere (fast); hard and fast; pull a fast one; stand one's ground (fast); thick and fast.

adj

Definition: fixed, immovable
Antonyms: flexible, impermanent, insecure, loose, movable, unattached, unfixed

adj

Definition: immoral, promiscuous
Antonyms: good, moral, upright

adj

Definition: speedy
Antonyms: plodding, slow, tardy, unhurried

adv

Definition: fixedly
Antonyms: inconstant, loosely, unfixedly, unsteady, wavering

adv

Definition: speedily
Antonyms: slow, slowly

n

Definition: abstention from eating
Antonyms: binge, eating, engorgement, feast, gluttony, gorging, overindulgence, stuffing

v

Definition: go without food
Antonyms: eat, glut, gorge, stuff

To play fast is to play very aggressively.

SoundPoker Says: A maniac is a player who constantly plays fast.

For example, "On the flop I hit a straight, so I played my hand fast."

See Also: Aggressive, Flop, Hand, Hit, Maniac

IN BRIEF: Moving rapidly.

Moving fast is not the same as going somewhere. — Dr. Robert Anthony, American management educator and writer.

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1. immovable or unchangeable; resistant to the action of a specific drug, stain or destaining agent.
2. quick.

• f. death factor — in algal poisoning caused by cyanobacteria of water bloom; microcystin, a cyclic decapeptide.
• f. feathering — at one day of age, chicks with the gene K+ at the Z-linked feathering locus have longer primary feathers than those with the K^s gene. The difference can be used to determine sex at an early age. See also z-linked sexing.
• f. muscles — muscles which respond to stimulation quickly and have a fast rate of contraction. They tend to be ‘white’ muscles but the association is not absolute.
• f. twitch muscle fibers — fast twitch glycolytic cells adapted for rapid contraction for short periods, obtaining energy almost exclusively by anaerobic metabolism.

See words rhyming with "faster."

Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - hurtig, rask, letlevende
adv. - fast, hurtigt, stærkt

idioms:

• fast asleep    i dyb søvn, sove dybt
• fast buck    lettjente penge
• fast food    hurtigmad
• fast forward    spole fremad
• fast lane    overhalingsbane
• fast track    hurtig vej fremad

2.
v. intr. - faste
n. - faste

Nederlands (Dutch)
snel, vast, dicht, trouw, voorlopend (klok), met minder belichtingstijd, losbandig, vasten, sober eten, vastentijd, iets dat vastmaakt

Français (French)
1.
adj. - rapide, (Sport) rapide (une piste), en avance, léger (péj), (Phot) rapide, bien fermé, bien attaché, fidèle, solide, grand teint
adv. - vite, rapidement, bientôt, ferme, bel et bien

idioms:

• fast asleep    dormir d'un profond sommeil
• fast buck    argent vite fait, (faire) de l'argent facile
• fast food    fast food, fast food (restaurant), fast food (nourriture)
• fast forward    avance rapide
• fast lane    (Aut) voie rapide, avoir une vie trépidante
• fast track    avoir une carrière fulgurante

2.
v. intr. - jeûner
n. - jeûne

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - fest, schnell, hochempfindlich, lichtecht, flott
adv. - fest, schnell

idioms:

• fast asleep    fest schlafen
• fast buck    schnelle Mark
• fast food    Fast food (im Schnellrestaurant angebotenes Essen)
• fast forward    vorspulen
• fast lane    Überholspur
• fast track    Schnellspur

2.
v. - fasten
n. - Fastentag, Fastenzeit, Fasten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - νηστεύω
n. - νηστεία
adj. - γρήγορος, γοργός, ταχύς, (για ρολόι) που πάει μπροστά, στερεός, σφιχτός, σφιχτοδεμένος, σταθερός, (για χρώμα) στερεός, ανεξίτηλος
adv. - γοργά, γρήγορα, σταθερά, γερά, στέρεα, σίγουρα, (για ύπνο κ.λπ.) βαθιά

idioms:

• fast asleep    σε βαθύ ύπνο
• fast buck    γρήγορο κέρδος
• fast food    γρήγορο, πρόχειρο φαγητό
• fast forward    κινούμαι γρήγορα προς τα μπροστά, γρήγορη κίνηση προς τα εμπρός (εικόνας, μαγνητικής ταινίας κ.λπ.)
• fast lane    διάδρομος/λωρίδα ταχείας κυκλοφορίας (οχημάτων)
• fast track    λωρίδα ταχείας κυκλοφορίας (οχημάτων), δρόμος που οδηγεί γρήγορα στην επιτυχία

Italiano (Italian)
digiunare, digiuno, inalterabile, rapidamente, velocemente

idioms:

• fast asleep    profondamente addormentato
• fast buck    guadagno facile
• fast food    cibo preconfezionato
• fast forward    avanzamento rapido
• fast lane    corsia di traffico veloce
• fast track    molto concorrenziale

Português (Portuguese)
v. - jejuar
n. - jejum (m)
adj. - rápido
adv. - rapidamente

idioms:

• fast asleep    dormir profundamente
• fast buck    lucro fácil
• fast food    comida (f) preparada rapidamente
• fast forward    avançar
• fast lane    pista (f) rápida
• fast track    pista (f) de velocidade

Русский (Russian)
пост, лечебное голодание, скорый, быстрый, крепкий, спешащий, легкомысленный, плотно

idioms:

• fast asleep    крепко спящий
• fast buck    деньги, доставшиеся без труда
• fast food    скоро пригатовленная пища
• fast forward    быстрая перемотка вперед
• fast lane    ряд для скоростной езды
• fast track    приспособленный к быстрому темпу

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - rápido, aprisa, de prisa, pronto, veloz
adv. - prontamente, velozmente, firmemente, completamente, disipadamente

idioms:

• fast asleep    profundamente dormido
• fast buck    dinero que se gana rápidamente, dinero fácil
• fast food    alimentos preparados, comida rápida, hamburguesería
• fast forward    avance rápido, botón de avance rápido
• fast lane    carril de alta velocidad, carril de adelantamiento, ritmo de vida vertiginoso
• fast track    línea o carril de máxima velocidad

2.
v. intr. - ayunar, hacer abstinencia
n. - ayuno, abstinencia

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fasta
n. - fasta
adj. - fastsittande, snabb, vidlyftig
adv. - fast, fort

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 快的, 速度快的, 迅速的, 完成得快的, 很快地, 彻底地, 紧紧地

idioms:

• fast asleep    酣睡
• fast buck    投机所赚的钱, 轻易得来的钱
• fast food    速食
• fast forward    快速前进
• fast lane    快车道
• fast track    快速成功之道

2. 禁食, 斋戒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 禁食, 齋戒
n. - 禁食, 齋戒

2.
adj. - 快的, 速度快的, 迅速的, 完成得快的
adv. - 很快地, 徹底地, 緊緊地

idioms:

• fast asleep    酣睡
• fast buck    投機所賺的錢, 輕易得來的錢
• fast food    速食
• fast forward    快速前進
• fast lane    快車道
• fast track    快速成功之道

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 빠른, 민첩한
adv. - 꽉, 끊임 없이, 깊게, 푹

2.
v. intr. - ~에게 단식 시키다
n. - 단식, 절식

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 速い, 進んでいる, しっかりした, 高感度の, 高速用の, あせない, 覚めない, 放蕩な, 固着した
v. - 断食する, 精進する
n. - 断食, 精進生活, 断食日
adv. - 速く, 急いで, ひっきりなしに, ぐっすりと, しっかりと

idioms:

• fast asleep    熟睡して
• fast buck    泡銭, 楽にかせいだ金
• fast food    ファーストフード
• fast forward    早送り
• fast lane    追越し車線
• fast track    早期着工

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصوم (الاسم) صيام (صفه) سريع , ثابت (ظرف) بسرعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מהיר, ממהר, רודף תענוגות, קבוע, איתן, חזק, לא דוהה‬
adv. - ‮מהר, בהוללות, בקרבת-, בחוזקה, במהודק‬
v. intr. - ‮צם‬
n. - ‮צום‬

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