"hurry-skurry" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} hurry-skurry (not comparable)
  1. With confusion and bustle. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-hurry-skurry-en-adv-izYD9tpu Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 35 40 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hurry-scurry

Noun [English]

Forms: hurry-skurries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hurry-skurry (plural hurry-skurries)
  1. A state of confusion and bustle; a frantic hurry; a rushing about.
    Sense id: en-hurry-skurry-en-noun-YNDnASoY Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 35 40 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hurry-scurry

Verb [English]

Forms: hurry-skurries [present, singular, third-person], hurry-skurrying [participle, present], hurry-skurried [participle, past], hurry-skurried [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} hurry-skurry (third-person singular simple present hurry-skurries, present participle hurry-skurrying, simple past and past participle hurry-skurried)
  1. (archaic) To hurry; act hurriedly. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-hurry-skurry-en-verb-bf5yjaQ0 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 35 40 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 16 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 7 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hurry-scurry

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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