speed-read

American  

[speed-reed] / ˈspidˌrid /

Or speedread

verb (used with or without object)

speed-read, speed-reading

1. to read faster than normal, especially by acquired techniques of skimming and controlled eye movements.

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Other Word Forms

• speed-reader noun

Example Sentences

It’s just a huge ask for a quarterback to speed-read a playbook, go through one day of practice, then successfully advance the ball in an actual game, let alone assemble a drive.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Here’s what Smith had been watching inside the audit: batches of 50 ballots, swinging around on a Lazy Susan, as three people speed-read votes in the presidential race and the U.S.

From Slate • May 23, 2021

I don’t need to gratuitously slap modern writers, but I’d probably make this critique of three-quarters of the books I’ve speed-read this year.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2018

Think, for example, of the many manuals, courses and apps that promise to allow us to speed-read.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2017

She read the books on Obinze’s list but also, randomly, pulled out book after book, reading a chapter before deciding which she would speed-read in the library and which she would check out.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie