hurrying

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.

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

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hurri·er n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hurrying - changing location rapidly speeding, speed 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" scurrying 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"