fast-moving

[fast-moo-ving, fahst-]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fast-moving¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

“They’ve literally hitched their wagon under a very fast-moving train, and they’re not sure what direction that train is heading,” said Stuart Young, a former Trinidadian prime minister and energy minister.

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While scientists have recently observed cooler plasma components of CMEs from the ground, detecting the fast-moving, high-energy events expected in the past has proven much more difficult.

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The mountaineers, travelling in separate groups, were scaling Cima Vertana in the Ortler Alps at around 16:00 local time on Saturday when the fast-moving snow hit.

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Stephen Rebello’s “Criss-Cross: The Making of Hitchcock’s Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train” is a smooth, fast-moving account of how the director bounced back from a career slump with one if his most devilishly inspired films.

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In the fast-moving artificial intelligence race, thriving sometimes isn’t good enough.

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