hurry-scurry
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noun \ˌhər-ē-ˈskər-ē, ˌhə-rē-ˈskə-rē\Definition of HURRY-SCURRY
: a confused rush : turmoil
— hurry–scurry adjective or adverb
Variants of HURRY-SCURRY
hur·ry–scur·ry or hur·ry–skur·ry \ˌhər-ē-ˈskər-ē, ˌhə-rē-ˈskə-rē\
Origin of HURRY-SCURRY
reduplication of 2hurry
First Known Use: 1754
Related to HURRY-SCURRY
- Synonyms
- ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
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