dealings traffic | social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with') |
occupation occupancy moving in | the act of occupying or taking possession of a building, occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal |
trick fast one a | a cunning or deceitful action or device, he played a trick on me, he pulled a fast one and got away with it |
fast track | a rapid means of achieving a goal, they saw independence as the fast track to democracy, he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder, the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped |
fast break | (basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball |
fast fasting | abstaining from food |
traffic control | control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city |
traffic | buying and selling, especially illicit trade |
drug traffic drug trafficking narcotraffic | traffic in illegal drugs |
slave trade slave traffic | traffic in slaves, especially in Black Africans transported to America in the th to th centuries |
escalator moving staircase moving stairway | a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt |
fast lane | the traffic lane for vehicles that are moving rapidly |
fast reactor | nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by fast neutrons because little or no moderator is used |
moving van | a van used for moving home or office furniture |
traffic circle circle rotary roundabout | a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island, the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary |
traffic island safety island safety isle safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
traffic lane | a lane of a main road that is defined by painted lines, that car is in the wrong traffic lane |
fast lane | a hectic and pressured lifestyle often characterized by recklessness or dissipation, life in fashion's fast lane has taught her a lot |
a movie film picture moving picture moving-picture show motion picture motion-picture show picture show pic flick | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement, they went to a movie every Saturday night, the film was shot on location |
traffic light traffic signal stoplight | a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections |
traffic | the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time, heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines, traffic on the internet is lightest during the night |
wave moving ridge | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
fast food | inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly |
traffic jam snarl-up | a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move |
traffic court | a court that has power to prosecute for traffic offenses |
traffic | the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time |
air traffic | traffic created by the movement of aircraft |
commuter traffic | traffic created by people going to or returning from work |
pedestrian traffic foot traffic | people coming and going on foot |
vehicular traffic vehicle traffic | the aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular locality |
automobile traffic car traffic | cars coming and going |
bicycle traffic | bicycles coming and going |
bus traffic | buses coming and going |
truck traffic | trucks coming and going |
mover public mover moving company removal firm removal company | a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another |
traffic pattern approach pattern pattern | the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport, the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded, they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted |
traffic cop | a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic |
fast buck quick buck | quick or easy earnings, they are traders out to make a fast buck |
moving expense | the cost of moving your residence from one location to another |
fast time scale | (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one |
fast day | a day designated for fasting |
major fast day | one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar |
minor fast day | one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar |
Tishah b'Av Tishah b'Ab Tisha b'Av Tisha b'Ab Ninth of Av Ninth of Ab Fast of Av Fast of Ab | (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem |
Fast of Gedaliah | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tishri that commemorates the killing of the Jewish governor of Judah |
Fast of Tevet | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tevetcommemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust |
Fast of Esther | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Adar commemorates three days that Esther fasted before approaching the Persian king on behalf of the Jewish people, the fast is connected with Purim |
Fast of the Firstborn | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Nissan that is observed only by firstborn males, it is observed on the day before Passover |
Fast of Tammuz | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tammuz when the walls of Jerusalem were breached |
fast dye | dye with fast colors, These shirts should be fast-dyed |