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hurrying
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hur·ry  (hûr, hr-)
v. hur·ried, hur·ry·ing, hur·ries
v.intr.
To move or act with speed or haste.
v.tr.
1. To cause to move or act with speed or haste: hurried the children to school.
2. To cause to move or act with undue haste; rush: was hurried into marriage.
3. To speed the progress or completion of; expedite. See Synonyms at speed.
n. pl. hur·ries
1. The act or an instance of hurrying; hastened progress.
2. Activity or motion that is often unduly hurried; haste. See Synonyms at haste.
3. The need or wish to hurry; a condition of urgency: in no hurry to leave.

[Possibly Middle English horien, perhaps variant of harien, to harass; see harry.]

hurri·er n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hurrying - changing location rapidlyhurrying - changing location rapidly            
movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
speedup, acceleration, quickening - the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
deceleration - the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed; "he initiated deceleration by braking"
scud, scudding - the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
Adj.1.hurrying - moving with great haste; "affection for this hurrying driving...little man"; "lashed the scurrying horses"
fast - acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"


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