hur·ry-scur·ry
also hur·ry-skur·ry (hûr′ē-skûr′ē, hŭr′ē-skŭr′ē)intr.v. hur·ry-scur·ried,
hur·ry-scur·ry·ing,
hur·ry-scur·ries also
hur·ry-skur·ried or
hur·ry-skur·ry·ing or
hur·ry-skur·ries To move or act with undue hurry and confusion.
n. pl. hur·ry-scur·ries also
hur·ry-skur·ries Confused haste; agitation.
[Reduplication of
hurry.]
hur′ry-scur′ry adj.
hurry-scurry
vb (
intr)
to rush about in confusion
[C18: reduplication of hurry; compare helter-skelter]
hur•ry-scur•ry
or hur•ry-skur•ry
(ˈhɜr iˈskɜr i, ˈhʌr iˈskʌr i)
n. 1. headlong, disorderly haste.
adv. 2. with hurrying and scurrying.
3. confusedly.
adj. 4. characterized by haste.
[1725–35]
hurry-scurry
Past participle: hurry-scurried
Gerund: hurry-scurrying
| Imperative |
|---|
| hurry-scurry |
| hurry-scurry |
| Present |
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| I hurry-scurry |
| you hurry-scurry |
| he/she/it hurry-scurries |
| we hurry-scurry |
| you hurry-scurry |
| they hurry-scurry |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I hurry-scurried |
| you hurry-scurried |
| he/she/it hurry-scurried |
| we hurry-scurried |
| you hurry-scurried |
| they hurry-scurried |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am hurry-scurrying |
| you are hurry-scurrying |
| he/she/it is hurry-scurrying |
| we are hurry-scurrying |
| you are hurry-scurrying |
| they are hurry-scurrying |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have hurry-scurried |
| you have hurry-scurried |
| he/she/it has hurry-scurried |
| we have hurry-scurried |
| you have hurry-scurried |
| they have hurry-scurried |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was hurry-scurrying |
| you were hurry-scurrying |
| he/she/it was hurry-scurrying |
| we were hurry-scurrying |
| you were hurry-scurrying |
| they were hurry-scurrying |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had hurry-scurried |
| you had hurry-scurried |
| he/she/it had hurry-scurried |
| we had hurry-scurried |
| you had hurry-scurried |
| they had hurry-scurried |
| Future |
|---|
| I will hurry-scurry |
| you will hurry-scurry |
| he/she/it will hurry-scurry |
| we will hurry-scurry |
| you will hurry-scurry |
| they will hurry-scurry |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have hurry-scurried |
| you will have hurry-scurried |
| he/she/it will have hurry-scurried |
| we will have hurry-scurried |
| you will have hurry-scurried |
| they will have hurry-scurried |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be hurry-scurrying |
| you will be hurry-scurrying |
| he/she/it will be hurry-scurrying |
| we will be hurry-scurrying |
| you will be hurry-scurrying |
| they will be hurry-scurrying |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been hurry-scurrying |
| you have been hurry-scurrying |
| he/she/it has been hurry-scurrying |
| we have been hurry-scurrying |
| you have been hurry-scurrying |
| they have been hurry-scurrying |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been hurry-scurrying |
| you will have been hurry-scurrying |
| he/she/it will have been hurry-scurrying |
| we will have been hurry-scurrying |
| you will have been hurry-scurrying |
| they will have been hurry-scurrying |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been hurry-scurrying |
| you had been hurry-scurrying |
| he/she/it had been hurry-scurrying |
| we had been hurry-scurrying |
| you had been hurry-scurrying |
| they had been hurry-scurrying |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would hurry-scurry |
| you would hurry-scurry |
| he/she/it would hurry-scurry |
| we would hurry-scurry |
| you would hurry-scurry |
| they would hurry-scurry |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have hurry-scurried |
| you would have hurry-scurried |
| he/she/it would have hurry-scurried |
| we would have hurry-scurried |
| you would have hurry-scurried |
| they would have hurry-scurried |
