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Adjective: hurrying  hú-ree-ing
  1. Moving with great haste
    "affection for this hurrying driving...little man"
    - scurrying
Noun: hurrying  hú-ree-ing
  1. Changing location rapidly
    - speed, speeding
Verb: hurry  hú-ree
  1. Move fast
    - rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it, travel rapidly, zip
     
  2. Act or move at high speed
    "hurry--it's late!"
    - rush, hasten, look sharp, festinate [archaic], make haste
     
  3. Urge to an unnatural speed
    "Don't hurry me, please!"
    - rush

Derived forms: hurryings

See also: fast

Type of: act, exhort, go, locomote, motion, move, movement, press, travel, urge, urge on

Encyclopedia: Hurry

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