hurrying

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hurrying

/ˈhʌɹi.ɪŋ/ UK
/ˈhʌɹi.ɪŋ/ US
/ˈhɝ.i.ɪŋ/ US
/ˈhʊɹi.ɪŋ/ Northern England
/ˈhʊɹi.ɪŋɡ/ Northern England
/ˈhʌɾe.ɪŋ/ Scotland
/ˈhɐɹi.əŋ/ New Zealand

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of hurry With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.

noun hurryings

The act of one who hurries; hasty motion. Consider the hurryings of Jesus from Caiaphas to Pilate; now he stands before Pilate where he was accused of sedition, seduction and usurpation.

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@misc{hurrying_2026,
  title = {hurrying},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hurrying},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}