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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lane on a highway for use by faster moving vehicles.
- noun Informal A hectic or frenetic way of living, especially when involving the pursuit of sensual pleasure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun On a
multilane road, the lane intended or reserved forvehicles moving at fasterspeeds . - noun figuratively, by extension Any
situation oractivity where thepace is veryrapid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the traffic lane for vehicles that are moving rapidly
- noun a hectic and pressured lifestyle often characterized by recklessness or dissipation
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