Word Meaning

rapids definition and meaning

a. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
a. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession.
a. Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.
a. The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence.

Crossword clues for rapids

- Extremely fast
- Moving or acting in speed
- Quick
- Quiet in manner
- Speedy
- Swift
- Swift attack
- The R of REM
- Dangerous part of a river
- Dangerous stretch for paddlers
- Turbulent river section
- White water
- White water praised for being around but not in the East
- White water river area
- Whitewater rafting section