hurry-scurry (redirected from hurry-scurried)

hur·ry-scur·ry also hur·ry-skur·ry (hûr-skûr, hr-skr)

intr.v. hur·ry-scur·ried also hur·ry-skur·ried, hur·ry-scur·ry·ing also hur·ry-skur·ry·ing, hur·ry-scur·ries also hur·ry-skur·ries

To move or act with undue hurry and confusion.

n. pl. hur·ry-scur·ries

Confused haste; agitation.

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[Reduplication of hurry.]

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hurry-scurry adj.

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hurry-scurry

adv

in frantic haste

adj

hasty and disorderly

n

disordered haste

vb (intr)

to rush about in confusion

[reduplication of hurry; compare helter-skelter]

Translations

hurry-scurry

n → Gewühl nt, → Gewimmel nt

vi → (hin und her) hasten, herumschwirren; (children, insects) → wuseln