| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A sudden quick light: blink, coruscation, flicker, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, spark1, twinkle, wink. See LIGHT. 2. A very brief time: crack, instant, minute1, moment, second1, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink. Informal : jiff, jiffy. Chiefly British : tick. See BIG, TIME. 3. Sparkling, brilliant light: glint, glisten, glister, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle. See BEAUTIFUL, LIGHT. | | VERB: | 1. To shine with intermittent gleams: blink, flicker, glimmer, twinkle, wink. See CONTINUE, LIGHT. 2. To make a public and usually ostentatious show of: brandish, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flaunt, parade, show (off), sport. See SHOW. 3. To emit light suddenly in rays or sparks: coruscate, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, spangle, sparkle, twinkle, wink. See LIGHT. 4. To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt2, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour2, shoot, speed, sprint, tear1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal : hotfoot, rip. Slang : barrel, highball. Chiefly British : nip1. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step (or jump) on it. See MOVE.
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