urgency - the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

fastness, swiftness, speed - a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed"

precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, suddenness, abruptness - the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning

movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"

bolt, dash - the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"

scamper, scurry, scramble - rushing about hastily in an undignified way

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

dart, fleet, flit, flutter - move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

run - move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"

whizz along, zoom, zoom along, whizz - move along very quickly

act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

urge, urge on, exhort, press - force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"