vùn vụt

Một chiếc xe máy chạy vùn vụt trên đường.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Very quickly, swiftly, or at high speed: Describes an action performed with great rapidity, often implying a sense of rushing or blurring motion.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Thời gian trôi qua vùn vụt. (Time passes very quickly.)
  • Chiếc xe máy lao vùn vụt trên đường. (The motorbike sped swiftly down the road.)
  • Nó làm xong bài tập vùn vụt. (He finished his homework in a flash.)

Advanced Usage

• "vùn vụt" is often used to emphasize the surprising or remarkable speed of an action, typically for verbs of motion or passage of time. It carries a more vivid and colloquial tone than standard words for "fast."

Variants and Related Words

• Vụt (adverb/verb): Can mean to flash, to dash, or to move suddenly. "Vùn vụt" is an intensified, reduplicative form of this root.
  • Một ý nghĩ vụt qua đầu. (A thought flashed through his mind.)

Synonyms

• Nhanh chóng: quickly, swiftly.
• Thoăn thoắt: nimbly, briskly.
• Chớp nhoáng: in a flash, lightning-fast.

Related Idioms

• "Nhanh như vùn vụt": As fast as lightning; an idiom emphasizing extreme speed.
  • Cậu bé chạy nhanh như vùn vụt. (The boy ran as fast as lightning.)