fast and furious
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Lively and exciting.
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
There was nothing quite like a fast and furious game of cards, she thought, to ease a situation.
Fast and furious ice hockey action combines with the human drama of the players in this Canadian / French production.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed on Wikipedia “Irreversible binomial” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29). Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).
Common questions
What does “fast and furious” mean?
Lively and exciting.
Is “fast and furious” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.