Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To move or act with undue hurry and confusion.
- noun Confused haste; agitation.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But just who, in practice, in this hurry-scurry age, has time to heal a soul-sick nation?
Robert Ellis Gordon: The Comet Robert Ellis Gordon 2010
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But just who, in practice, in this hurry-scurry age, has time to heal a soul-sick nation?
Robert Ellis Gordon: The Comet Robert Ellis Gordon 2010
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But just who, in practice, in this hurry-scurry age, has time to heal a soul-sick nation?
Robert Ellis Gordon: The Comet Robert Ellis Gordon 2010
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The first Sunday class is almost full, so hurry-scurry!
February 2009 2009
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The first Sunday class is almost full, so hurry-scurry!
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Gardens provide a well-needed respite from the hurry-scurry of modern life.
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Not the hurry-scurry sprawl we have now, with the domed stadiums and the turnpikes going everywhere, and not the one I grew up in, either.
Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008
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But when they are really close to the hare they will make the matter plain to the huntsman by various signs — the quivering of their bodies backwards and forwards, sterns and all; the ardour meaning business; the rush and emulaton; the hurry-scurry to be first; the patient following-up of the whole pack; at one moment massed together, and at another separated; and once again the steady onward rush.
On Hunting 2007
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And the result of this hurry-scurry was that he got to the beach too soon: his men had only just begun to open up the boat-shed.
Ultima Thule 2003
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Pao-yü gulped down hurry-scurry the whole contents of the cup and started on his errand in the face of the snow.
Hung Lou Meng 2003
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