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- verb intransitive To leave a place
quickly orbriefly . - verb transitive, idiomatic To
write quickly orinformally .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb write down hastily
- verb write quickly
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synonyms (136)
Words with the same meaning
- ad-lib
- author
- bat out
- botch
- bundle
- bungle
- bustle
- cartoon
- chalk
- charcoal
- chase
- coauthor
- collaborate
- color
- compose
- cook up
- copy
- crayon
- crosshatch
- crowd
- dash
- dash on
- daub
- delineate
- depict
- design
- diagram
- dig out
- do anyhow
- do by halves
- do carelessly
- do offhand
- doodle
- double-time
- draft
- draw
- editorialize
- extemporize
- fake
- fake up
- festinate
- formulate
- free-lance
- fudge up
- get going
- get moving
- ghost
- ghostwrite
- hasten
- hasten off
- hatch
- hurry
- hurry away
- hurry on
- hurry through
- hurry up
- hurry-scurry
- hustle
- improvisate
- improvise
- indite
- jury-rig
- knock off
- knock out
- knock together
- lash up
- leap
- light out
- limn
- lose no time
- make haste
- make up
- move quickly
- nip
- nip off
- novelize
- paint
- paint a picture
- pamphleteer
- patch
- patch together
- patch up
- pencil
- picture
- picturize
- play by ear
- plunge
- portray
- post
- pound out
- prepare
- press on
- produce
- push on
- race
- rough out
- roughcast
- roughhew
- run
- rush
- rush through
- scamper
- scamper off
- scenarize
- scramble
- scrap the plan
- scratch
- scumble
- scurry
- scuttle
- shade
- sketch
- skin out
- slap up
- spurt
- stencil
- strike off
- tear
- tear off
- tear out
- throw off
- throw on paper
- throw together
- tint
- toss off
- toss out
- toss together
- trace
- trifle with
- vamp
- whip off
- whip up
- whiz off
- whomp up
- wing it
- write
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