precipitate vs toboggan

precipitate

verb
  • To fall headlong. 

  • To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form. 

  • To throw an object or person from a great height. 

  • To act too hastily; to be precipitous. 

  • To send violently into a certain state or condition. 

  • To make something happen suddenly and quickly. 

  • To come out of a liquid solution into solid form. 

  • To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets. 

  • To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground. 

noun
  • a solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution 

  • a product resulting from a process, event, or course of action 

adj
  • With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong. 

  • Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty. 

  • headlong; falling steeply or vertically. 

  • Performed very rapidly or abruptly. 

  • Very steep; precipitous. 

toboggan

verb
  • To go downhill unstoppably until one reaches the bottom. 

  • To slide down a hill on a toboggan or other object. 

  • To fly sharply downward so as to build up speed to facilitate in-flight refueling of a faster aircraft. 

noun
  • A long sled without runners, with the front end curled upwards, which may be pulled across snow by a cord or used to coast down hills. 

  • Something which, once it starts going (figuratively) downhill, is unstoppable until it reaches the bottom. 

  • A knit cap, designed to provide warmth in cold weather. 

  • A similar sled of wood, pulled by dogs, possibly with steel runners, made to transport cargo. 

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