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1. Lasting for a markedly brief time
   "a fleeting glance"
   - fugitive, momentaneous, momentary

1. Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
   "The hummingbird fleeted among the branches"
   - flit, flutter, dart
    
2. Disappear gradually
   - evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, pass

See also: fleetingness, short

Type of: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, disappear, go away, hasten, hie [archaic], hotfoot, hurry, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, travel rapidly, vanish, zip

Encyclopedia: Fleet, Dorset Fleet Fleet, Hampshire Fleet, Lincolnshire Fleet, Kent