4. drive too fast, exceed the speed limit, SI. have a heavy foot, disobey the rules of the road or highway signs.
5. speed up accelerate, hurry up, quicken, hasten, precipitate, get moving or going, get a move on, shake a leg, step on the gas, Inf. rev up.
speedy, adj. 1. fast, hasty, rapid, swift, fleet, fleet of foot, winged; hurried, precipitate, Inf. hellbent, high-speed; nimble, agile, snappy, spanking.
2. prompt, punctual, expeditious, quick; early, SI. in jig time, in good time, SI. P.D.Q., immediate, instant, without delay, as soon as possible.
spell1, v. 1. orthographize, name or say the letters, write the letters, write out.
2. signify, mean, amount to, add up to, promise, look like; signal, indicate, point to; denote, bespeak, stand for, symbolize, represent; portend, augur, presage, omen.
3. spell out specify, make explicit, clarify, make clear or plain, leave no doubt.
spell2, n. 1. charm, rune, Scot. cantrip; incantation, chant, invocation, conjuration.
2. enchantment, bewitchment, bedevilment; mesmerism, hypnotism, obsession; captivation, possession, entrancement, enthrallment; rapture, transport, esctasy.
3. fascination, irresistible influence, magnetism, draw, pull; allure, allurement, charm, appeal, engagingness, attraction; enticement, lure, temptation, tan-talization, seducement; beguilement, wiles, cajolery, blandishment, inducement, persuasion.
spell3, n. 1. period, course, run, round, turn, bout, fit; shift, stint, tour, watch; term, time, prison term, SI. stretch.
2. (all of time) space, extent, stretch, span, period,
time, interval, interspace, interstice.
-v. 3. relieve, take over for, replace, substitute for, Inf. sub for.
spellbind, v. cast a spell on or over, put under a spell, bewitch, ensorcell, charm, seduce; hex, hoodoo, cast an evil spell on or over; enchant, entrance, mesmerize, Archaic. magnetize, hypnotize; fascinate, captivate, enthrall, enrapture, transport, overpower; catch, snare, ensnare, trap, entrap, SI. hook.
spellbound, adj. enchanted, entranced, mesmerized, Archaic, magnetized, hypnotized; fascinated, captivated, enthralled, enraptured, rapt, transported, overpowered, SI. hooked; under a spell, bewitched, en-sorcelled, charmed; speechless, agape, dumbstruck, amazed, astonished.
spend, v. 1. pay out, disburse, expend, outlay, Inf. lay out, SI. fork out, SI. shell out, SI. dish out, ante up; misspend, squander, dissipate, throw away, waste, throw good money after bad, pour down the drain, burn up, go or run through; lavish, slather, SI. hang the expense, splurge, play the profligate or prodigal, throw money around, spend money like water, spend like a drunken sailor, spend money as if it grew on trees or were going out of style.
2. employ, give, put in, use, apply, devote.
3. (all of time) pass, while away, fill, occupy, take up, use up, eat up, swallow up; kill, fritter or fool away, misuse, waste, lose, SI. blow.
4. use up, consume, take; exhaust, wear out, SI. burn out; impoverish, deplete, drain, empty; finish or finish off, SI. polish off, SI. knock off, dispose of.
spendthrift, n. 1. prodigal, profligate, wastrel, waster, squanderer; scattergood, spender, Inf. big spender, Inf. free spender, Inf. high liver.