hurrying

  • 1hurrying — index acceleration Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2Hurrying — Hurry Hur ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurrying}.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Hurrying — A hurrier and two thrusters heaving a corf full of coal as depicted in the 1853 book The White Slaves of England by J Cobden. A hurrier, also sometimes called a coal drawer or coal thruster, was a child or woman employed by a collier to transport …

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  • 4hurrying — I noun changing location rapidly • Syn: ↑speed, ↑speeding • Derivationally related forms: ↑hurry, ↑speed (for: ↑speeding), ↑speedy …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 5hurrying — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. bustling, scurrying, darting, hastening, speeding, in a hurry, running, rushing, dashing, flying, expediting, propelling, racing, racing against time. Ant. creeping*, crawling, inching along …

    English dictionary for students

  • 6hurrying — hur·ry || hÉœrɪ / hÊŒrɪ n. rush, haste; urgency v. make haste, rush; urge, prod …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 7scramblewedge — Hurrying to do something you don t really have time to do. Sorry, can t do. I still need to scramblewedge a grocery run before my last appointment …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 8scramblewedge — Hurrying to do something you don t really have time to do. Sorry, can t do. I still need to scramblewedge a grocery run before my last appointment …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 9ĝeu-, ĝeu̯ǝ- (besides geu̯ǝ-) —     ĝeu , ĝeu̯ǝ (besides geu̯ǝ )     English meaning: to advance; to hurry     Deutsche Übersetzung: “fördern, eilen”?     Material: O.Ind. junü ti “treibt zur haste, hurry, treibt an, facht an”, jávate “ hurries “, jūta ḥ “hurrying”, jū… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 10(der-3), drā-, dreb-, drem-, dreu- —     (der 3), drā , dreb , drem , dreu     English meaning: to run     Deutsche Übersetzung: “laufen, treten, trippeln”     Material: drü : O.Ind. drü ti “ runs, hurries “, Intens. dáridrüti “ wanders around, is poor “, dári dra “ wandering,… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary