hurry (noun)
21hurry-scurry — or hurry skurry noun Etymology: reduplication of 2hurry Date: 1754 a confused rush ; turmoil • hurry scurry adjective or adverb …
22hurry-burry — I. |həri|bəri noun ( es) Etymology: reduplication (influenced by hurly burly) of hurry (II) Scotland : hurly burly …
23pelt — I. /pɛlt / (say pelt) verb (t) 1. to assail with repeated blows or with missiles; beat or rush against. 2. to throw (missiles). 3. to drive, put, etc., by blows or missiles. 4. to assail with abuse. –verb (i) 5. to strike blows; beat with force… …
24scuttle — I. /ˈskʌtl / (say skutl) noun 1. a coalscuttle; a coal hod. 2. a large basket. {Middle English and Old English scutel, originally, a dish or platter, from Latin scutella} II. /ˈskʌtl / (say skutl) verb (i) (scuttled, scuttling) 1. to run (off,… …
25boogie — I. /ˈbʊgi/ (say boogee), /ˈbugi/ (say boohgee) verb (i) (boogied, boogieing) 1. to dance to rock music. 2. Colloquial to go, especially in a hurry. –noun 3. a meeting of parachutists. –phrase 4. let s boogie, Colloquial (an interjection uttered …
26hurriedness — noun overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) he soon regretted his haste • Syn: ↑haste, ↑hastiness, ↑hurry, ↑precipitation • Derivationally related forms: ↑hurried, ↑hurry ( …
27hurried — hurry ► VERB (hurries, hurried) ▪ move or act quickly or more quickly. ► NOUN ▪ great haste; urgency. ● in a hurry Cf. ↑in a hurry DERIVATIVES hurried …
28hurriedly — hurry ► VERB (hurries, hurried) ▪ move or act quickly or more quickly. ► NOUN ▪ great haste; urgency. ● in a hurry Cf. ↑in a hurry DERIVATIVES hurried …
29hastiness — noun 1. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) he soon regretted his haste • Syn: ↑haste, ↑hurry, ↑hurriedness, ↑precipitation • Derivationally related forms: ↑hurried ( …
30rushing — noun 1. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line (Freq. 5) the linebackers were ready to stop a rush • Syn: ↑rush • Derivationally related forms: ↑rush, ↑rush ( …
