Passing quickly; of short duration.

present participle of fleet

Obsolete spelling of fleet

The quality of being fleet or swift; rapidity.

(dialectal, obsolete outside of place names) An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek. / (nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.

A group of vessels or vehicles. / Any group of associated items. / A large, coordinated group of people.

(obsolete, intransitive) To float. / (transitive, intransitive) To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.

(literary) Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place. / (uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

(Yorkshire) Obsolete form of flet (“house, floor, large room”).

A river (the River Fleet) in London, England, now buried underground, that flowed under the Eastern end of the present Fleet Street.