fast-flying

fast-flying
fast-flying fast-flying adj. moving or functioning quickly and energetically; as, a fast-flying messenger.

Syn: fast flying, hurrying, speedy. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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