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hurrying

Other forms: hurryings; hurryingly

Definitions of hurrying
  1. adjective
    moving with great haste
    “affection for this hurrying driving...little man”
    synonyms: scurrying
    fast
    acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
  2. noun
    changing location rapidly
    synonyms: speed, speeding
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    types:
    acceleration, quickening, speedup
    the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
    deceleration
    the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed
    scud, scudding
    the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
    type of:
    motion, move, movement
    the act of changing location from one place to another
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