the relative speed of progress or change | an abrupt spasmodic movement |
amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis | a sudden abrupt pull |
a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure | raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms |
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit | meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun |
| a dull stupid fatuous person |
| (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration |