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View synonyms for hurry-scurry
hurry-scurry
or hur·ry-skur·ry
[ hur-ee-skur-ee, huhr-ee-skuhr-ee ]
noun
- headlong, disorderly haste; hurry and confusion.
adverb
- with hurrying and scurrying.
- confusedly; in a bustle.
adjective
- characterized by headlong, disorderly flight or haste.
hurry-scurry
adverb
- in frantic haste
adjective
- hasty and disorderly
noun
- disordered haste
verb
- to rush about in confusion
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hurry-scurry1
First recorded in 1725–35
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hurry-scurry1
C18: reduplication of hurry ; compare helter-skelter
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Example Sentences
I don't hold with these railways they're talkin' about—all steam and hurry-scurry; it starves the country.'
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Small sword and broad sword—staff and stiletto—flankonnade and cannonade—hurry-scurry—right wing and left wing——'
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Please do not think that I would dream of giving you any hurry-scurry trouble.
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The fact of the matter is that the hurry-scurry of modern civilisation is not conducive to artistic work of any description.
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Then the house was all hurry-scurry, preparing for my new master, Sir Murtagh's younger brother, a dashing young officer.
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