| running away | the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be |
band aid
quick fix
quickie
quicky | hurried repair |
| quick march | marching at quick time |
run
running | the act of running, traveling on foot at a fast pace, he broke into a run, his daily run keeps him fit |
track
running | the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track |
run running running play
running game | (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team, the defensive line braced to stop the run, the coach put great emphasis on running |
| running | the act of administering or being in charge of something, he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time |
noose running noose
slip noose | a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot, it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled |
| running board | a narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars |
| running shoe | a light comfortable shoe designed for running |
| running stitch | small, even, hand stitches run in and out |
| running suit | a matching jacket and pants worn by joggers and made of fabric that absorbs perspiration |
sidelight
running light | light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction, vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow |
| quick | any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail) |
mental quickness
quickness
quick-wittedness | intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay |
running head
running headline | a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book |
| running title | the title (or a shortened title) of a book used as a running head |
longhand
running hand
cursive
cursive script | rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper |
flying start
running start | a quick and auspicious beginning |
| flying start running start | a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line |
irascibility
short temper
spleen
quick temper | a feeling of resentful anger |
| quick bread | breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking |
quick study
sponge | someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily, she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge |
| running back | (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage |
| running mate | a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices |
dog grass couch grass
quackgrass
quack grass
quick grass
witch grass witchgrass Agropyron repens | European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes, naturalized in North America as a weed |
love-in-a-mist running pop
wild water lemon
Passiflora foetida | tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts, stems malodorous when crushed |
scarlet runner running postman
Kennedia prostrata | hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers |
dewberry
dewberry bush
running blackberry | any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America |
running pine
Lycopodium clavitum | a variety of club moss |
fast buck
quick buck | quick or easy earnings, they are traders out to make a fast buck |
liquid assets
current assets
quick assets | assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) |
| running | the state of being in operation, the engine is running smoothly |
| quick time | a normal marching pace ofsteps per minute |
| running time | the length of time that a movie or tv show runs |
quick-freeze
flash-freeze | freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors, quick-freeze the shrimp |
agile
nimble
quick
spry | moving quickly and lightly, sleek and agile as a gymnast, as nimble as a deer, nimble fingers, quick of foot, the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it |
| quick-witted | mentally nimble and resourceful, quick-witted debater, saved an embarrassing situation with quick-witted tact |
| quick-change(a) | adept at changing from one thing to another especially changing costumes, a quick-change artist |
| quick-drying | of a liquid substance that dries quickly |
| running(a) | continually repeated over a period of time, a running joke among us |
sharp-eared
quick-eared | having keen hearing |
quick
warm | easily aroused or excited, a quick temper, a warm temper |
| double-quick | (of a marching cadence) very quick |
immediate
prompt
quick straightaway | performed with little or no delay, an immediate reply to my letter, a prompt reply, was quick to respond, a straightaway denial |
quick
speedy | accomplished rapidly and without delay, was quick to make friends, his quick reaction prevented an accident, hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem, a speedy recovery, he has a right to a speedy trial |
flash-frozen
quick-frozen
frozen | (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value, frozen foods |
running(a)
operative
functional
working(a) | (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing, in running (or working) order, a functional set of brakes |
choleric
irascible
hotheaded
hot-tempered
quick-tempered
short-tempered | quickly aroused to anger, a hotheaded commander |
| running(a) | executed or initiated by running, running plays worked better than pass plays, took a running jump, a running start |