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DEFINITIONS OF:
hurry
1
v
move very fast
Synonyms:
speed
,
travel rapidly
,
zip
Types:
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dart
,
fleet
,
flit
,
flutter
move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
run
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
whizz
,
whizz along
,
zoom
,
zoom along
move along very quickly
butterfly
flutter like a butterfly
clip
,
jog
,
trot
run at a moderately swift pace
scamper
,
scurry
,
scuttle
,
skitter
to move about or proceed hurriedly
romp
run easily and fairly fast
run bases
run around the bases, in baseball
streak
run naked in a public place
run
run with the ball; in such sports as football
outrun
run faster than
jog
run for exercise
sprint
run very fast, usually for a short distance
lope
run easily
rush
run with the ball, in football
hare
run quickly, like a hare
Type of:
go
,
locomote
,
move
,
travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
v
act or move at high speed
“
hurry
--it's late!”
Synonyms:
festinate
,
hasten
,
look sharp
,
rush
Type of:
act
,
move
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
v
urge to an unnatural speed
Synonyms:
rush
Antonyms:
delay
,
detain
,
hold up
cause to be slowed down or delayed
Type of:
exhort
,
press
,
urge
,
urge on
force or impel in an indicated direction
n
the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
Synonyms:
haste
,
rush
,
rushing
Types:
bolt
,
dash
the act of moving with great haste
scamper
,
scramble
,
scurry
rushing about hastily in an undignified way
Type of:
motion
,
move
,
movement
the act of changing location from one place to another
n
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
Synonyms:
haste
,
hastiness
,
hurriedness
,
precipitation
Types:
abruptness
,
precipitance
,
precipitancy
,
precipitateness
,
precipitousness
,
suddenness
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
Type of:
fastness
,
speed
,
swiftness
a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
n
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
“in a
hurry
to lock the door”
Synonyms:
haste
Type of:
urgency
the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
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