express

  • (noun): A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
  • (noun): A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
  • (noun): An express rifle.
  • (noun): A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
  • (noun): A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
  • (noun): An express office.
  • (noun): That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
  • (adjective): Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
  • (adjective): Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
  • (adjective): Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
  • (adjective): (retail) Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.
  • I took the express into town.
  • I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me.
  • In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance.
  • Some Wal-Mart stores will include a McDonald's Express.