HYING Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

hying

verb

variants or hieing

Definition of hying

present participle of hie

as in hurrying

to proceed or move quickly we had best hie home before the snow gets worse

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Before hurrying away from his tent on the beach, Saleh was asked what would happen if US support never came.

— Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Corle continued flagging and minutes later McCoy was back on the trail, hurrying to catch up.

— Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of hurrying

Verb

Bombers flying from South Dakota to targets in Iran would cost more in fuel and flying time than those taking off from England's Cotswolds region, which is 3,900 miles closer to Tehran.

— Steve Hendrix, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Experts who study bats say that, although residents should practice caution, the odds of getting rabies from the flying creatures remain very low.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of flying

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Soon, crew who had been traveling on the plane stepped in to stabilize it, issuing a mayday call and seeking a place to land.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Two people died and one remains missing after a medical transport helicopter traveling from Catalina Island to the mainland crashed into the Pacific on Wednesday; two others were rescued and stable.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of traveling

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Chuba Hubbard provided the hammer on the ground for Carolina, rushing 20 times for 122 yards and two touchdowns.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Quarterback Ashton Daniels led the way for the Seminoles against Virginia, rushing for 136 yards and a program-record five touchdowns while also completing 12 of 19 passes for another 183 yards.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of rushing

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Streets follows an East LA street racing crew thrust into a dangerous, high-stakes hunt across Southern California, where every turn presents a new clue and a potential disaster.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
As Garcia climbed through the ranks, racing around the country and eventually overseas, his father began picking the brains of veteran racers and sports psychologists.

— Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of racing

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Jeon Do-yeon, who plays the family’s matriarch, is colorfully slinky as a globe-trotting party widow, a vain, compulsively seductive narcissist who macks on her daughters’ men like a Real Housewife given a villain’s edit.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
Raccoon City is but one setting in the video games’ globe-trotting canon.

— Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of trotting

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At first, people used drum machines as metronomes — to keep a drummer from speeding up or slowing down and to keep everyone on the same rhythmic wavelength.

— Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
That industrial network matters because increasing missile output involves more than speeding up final assembly.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of speeding

Verb

There are cities where rats are glimpsed at night, furtively scurrying into a dark corner or among the train tracks.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026
During the friendship arc, fans can see Hawkins High School, while in a darker moment, windows will be illuminated with the images of scurrying rats.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of scurrying

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