English Explanatory Dictionary

hurry-skurry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To hurry; act hurriedly.
noun
  1. A state of confusion and bustle; a frantic hurry; a rushing about.
adv
  1. With confusion and bustle.

Word forms

hurry-skurry hurry-skurries hurry-skurrying hurry-skurried hurry-scurry

Etymology

Perhaps a rhyming reduplication of hurry.

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