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Definition of Fast-breaking
1. Adjective. Occurring rapidly as a series of events in rapid succession. "The broadcast was interrupted by a fast-breaking news story about the invasion"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fast-breaking
Literary usage of Fast-breaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chronology of Ancient Nations: An English Version of the Arabic Text of by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Bīrūnī, Eduard Sachau (1879)
"If the fast-breaking (Fi{r) of the Christians were identical with their Passover,
... And the latest date of fast-breaking falls by one week later than the ..."
2. A Dictionary, Gujarátí and English by Shápurjí Edaljí (1868)
"t * "HlV^, "• Eating or drinking after a fast, breaking a fast. 2 Feasting. (Fr.
^V^, S. \ to satisfy.) j, n. A cradle. , m. A name of Arjuna. , a. ..."
3. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah by Richard Francis Burton, Isabel Burton (1893)
"fast-breaking ! fast-breaking ! shout the people, and a hum of joy rises from
the silent city. Your acute ears waste not a moment in conveying the ..."
4. C3I: Issues of Command & Control edited by Thomas P. Coakley (1994)
"... or fast-breaking events. Senior people are brought in, kind of late, to a
problem that's crashing about them. The perceived need, as Beai saw it, ..."
5. Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Meccah and Medinah by Sir Richard Francis Burton (1879)
"... í'alace,—AI Fitar ! al Fitar! fast- breaking 1 fast-breaking I shout the
people, and a hum of joy rises from the silent city. Your acute ears waste not ..."
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