(move hurriedly)
1hurriedly — hurry ► VERB (hurries, hurried) ▪ move or act quickly or more quickly. ► NOUN ▪ great haste; urgency. ● in a hurry Cf. ↑in a hurry DERIVATIVES hurried …
2skitter — 1. verb a) to move hurriedly or as by twitching or bouncing I opened the cabinet and hundreds of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness. b) to make a skittering noise 2. noun …
3scramble — 1. interjection shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item. 2. verb a) To move hurriedly to a location using all limbs against a surface. When I saw the coffin I knew that I was respited, for …
4hustle — verb 1》 push roughly; jostle. ↘force to move hurriedly or unceremoniously: I was hustled away. 2》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. obtain illicitly or by forceful action. ↘(hustle someone into) pressure someone into doing something. ↘sell… …
5scurry — verb (scurries, scurrying, scurried) move hurriedly with short quick steps. noun 1》 a situation of hurried and confused movement. 2》 a flurry of rain or snow. Origin C19: abbrev. of hurry scurry, reduplication of hurry …
6scutter — chiefly Brit. verb move hurriedly with short steps. noun an act or sound of scuttering. Origin C18: perh. an alt. of scuttle2 …
7scurry — ► VERB (scurries, scurried) ▪ move hurriedly with short quick steps. ► NOUN ▪ a situation of hurried and confused movement. ORIGIN abbreviation of hurry scurry, from HURRY(Cf. ↑hurry) …
8scutter — chiefly Brit. ► VERB ▪ move hurriedly with short steps. ► NOUN ▪ an act or sound of scuttering. ORIGIN perhaps from SCUTTLE(Cf. ↑scuttle) …
9hustle — [hus′əl] vt. hustled, hustling [Du hutseln, husselen, to shake up (coins, lots), freq. of MDu hutsen, to shake] 1. to push or knock about; shove or jostle in a rude, rough manner 2. to force in a rough, hurried manner [to hustle a rowdy customer… …
10scurry — v. & n. v.intr. ( ies, ied) run or move hurriedly, esp. with short quick steps; scamper. n. (pl. ies) 1 the act or sound of scurrying. 2 bustle, haste. 3 a flurry of rain or snow. Etymology: abbr. of hurry scurry redupl. of HURRY …
