Usually means: Quickly occurring in short time.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. rapid: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. rapid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rapid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rapid: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rapid: Vocabulary.com
  6. Rapid, rapid: Wordnik
  7. rapid: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. rapid: Wiktionary
  9. rapid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. rapid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. rapid: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Rapid, rapid: Dictionary.com
  13. rapid: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. rapid: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. RAPID, Rapid (brig), Rapid (disambiguation), Rapid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Rapid: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. rapid: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. rapid: Rhymezone
  19. rapid: Free Dictionary
  20. rapid: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. rapid: Dictionary/thesaurus
  22. rapid: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  23. rapid: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  24. RAPID: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  25. rapid: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rapid: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rapid: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. RAPID: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. RAPID: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. rapid: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Rapid: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. rapid: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. RAPID: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Very swift or quick.
adjective:  Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)
adjective:  Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)
adjective:  (England, dialectal) Violent, severe.
adjective:  (obsolete, dialectal) Happy.
adverb:  (archaic, colloquial) Rapidly.
noun:  (usually in the plural) A rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.
noun:  (dated) A burst of rapid fire.
noun:  (chess) Short for rapid chess. [(chess) Chess played at a relatively quick time control, with each side getting about 15 minutes to make their moves.]

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