Definition

1. Verb:
   • To flip/turn up, to blow/lift off: To cause something that is covering or lying flat to be turned upward or completely removed, often suddenly and forcefully.
   • To rush/race (somewhere): (Colloquial) To go or run somewhere very quickly, usually in response to urgent news or an emergency.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to flip up, blow off):
  • Cơn bão tốc hết mái nhà. (The storm blew off all the roofs.)
  • Cậu bé tốc chăn ra và ngồi dậy. (The boy flipped the blanket up and sat up.)
• Verb (to rush):
  • Nghe tin con ốm, anh ấy tốc ngay về nhà. (Hearing his child was sick, he immediately rushed home.)
  • Xe cứu thương tốc đến hiện trường vụ tai nạn. (The ambulance raced to the accident scene.)

Advanced Usage

• "tốc váy": To lift up one's skirt (e.g., to avoid getting it wet or dirty).
  • Cô ấy tốc váy lên khi băng qua con suối. (She lifted her skirt up while crossing the stream.)
• "tốc thẳng": To head straight/rush directly (to a destination).
  • Nhận được điện thoại, anh ấy tốc thẳng đến bệnh viện. (Upon receiving the call, he headed straight to the hospital.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tăng tốc (verb phrase): To accelerate, to speed up. This is a common compound where "tốc" is an abbreviation of "tốc độ" (speed).
  • Chiếc xe tăng tốc để vượt lên. (The car accelerated to overtake.)
• Tốc độ (noun): Speed, velocity. This is the full noun form.
  • Anh ấy lái xe với tốc độ cao. (He drives at a high speed.)

Synonyms

• Lật (verb): To flip, to turn over.
• Phóng (verb): To dash, to sprint.
• Vội vã (adjective/adverb): In a hurry, hastily.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Tốc về: To rush back (home/to a base).
  • Sau giờ làm, anh ấy tốc về nhà với gia đình. (After work, he rushes back home to his family.)
• Tốc đến: To rush to (arrive at a place).
  • Cảnh sát tốc đến nơi xảy ra vụ ẩu đả. (The police rushed to the scene of the fight.)

Related Idioms

• Chạy tốc hành: To run at full speed. This phrase emphasizes great haste.
  • Để kịp chuyến tàu, anh ta phải chạy tốc hành. (To catch the train, he had to run at full speed.)

verb

1. to turn up (over); to blow up