'Hurrying' definitions:

Definition of 'hurrying'

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]

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]