'Hurrying' definitions:

Definition of 'hurrying'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Moving with great haste; "affection for this hurrying driving...little man"; "lashed the scurrying horses" [syn: hurrying, scurrying]
noun
Changing location rapidly [syn: speed, speeding, hurrying]

Definition of 'Hurrying'

From: GCIDE
  • 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 prob. of imitative origin.]
  • 1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. [1913 Webster]
  • Impetuous lust hurries him on. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • They hurried him abroad a bark. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. [1913 Webster]
  • And wild amazement hurries up and down The little number of your doubtful friends. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cause to be done quickly.
  • Syn: To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate; urge. [1913 Webster]

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