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hurry-skurry

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hur⋅ry-scur⋅ry

[hur-ee-skur-ee, huhr-ee-skuhr-ee]
–noun
1. headlong, disorderly haste; hurry and confusion.
–adverb
2. with hurrying and scurrying.
3. confusedly; in a bustle.
–adjective
4. characterized by headlong, disorderly flight or haste.
Also, hurry-skurry.


Origin:
1725–35
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hur·ry-scur·ry also hur·ry-skur·ry   (hûr'ē-skûr'ē, hŭr'ē-skŭr'ē)
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.

[Reduplication of hurry.]
hur'ry-scur'ry adj.
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