fast-moving

American  

[fast-moo-ving, fahst-] / ˈfæstˈmu vɪŋ, ˈfɑst- /

adjective

1. moving or capable of moving at high speed.

2. (of a novel, play, or the like) having sustained action and interest with events following one another rapidly; lively in plot.

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Etymology

Origin of fast-moving

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

But fast-moving wildcatters, armed with private capital, are less cautious.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet the evidence it cites generally shows a range of established local nonprofits addressing community-specific concerns in a fast-moving disaster, with some small amounts of money possibly going toward salaries or overhead, or groups whose missions the committee viewed skeptically.

From Los Angeles Times

Though the region is getting Santa Ana winds in early January again, the landscape is not dry and primed for fast-moving fires as it was last Jan. 7, when multiple blazes exploded into unprecedented firestorms.

From Los Angeles Times

Fast-moving Nile floodwaters regularly covered the site, making long-term occupation impossible.

From Science Daily

In San Diego, a man and his young daughter were caught in their blue Jeep by fast-moving water and had to be rescued.

From Los Angeles Times