hurrying

Thân thiện

A man is hurrying to catch the bus.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Moving with great haste; rushing: Describes someone or something that is moving or acting very quickly, often because of urgency or a lack of time.

2. Noun:

   • The act of changing location rapidly; the action of moving with speed: Refers to the action or state of rushing or being in a hurry.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:

  • The hurrying crowd made it difficult to cross the street.
  • She gave a hurrying glance at her watch.

• Noun:

  • All this hurrying is making me stressed.
  • The hurrying to catch the last train was exhausting.

Advanced Usage

• "In a hurrying manner": done in a rushed way.
  • The report was finished in a hurrying manner and contained many errors.

Variants and Related Words

• Hurry (verb/noun): To move or act with speed; rush. The state of rushing.

  • We must hurry to the meeting. (verb)
  • What's the hurry? (noun)

• Hurried (adjective): Done in a rush; hasty.

  • It was a hurried breakfast before leaving for the airport.

Synonyms

• Rushing: Moving with urgent speed.
• Hastening: Causing something to happen sooner or more quickly.
• Scurrying: Moving hurriedly with short, quick steps.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Hurry up: To make someone or something move or act faster.

  • Hurry up, or we'll be late!

• Hurry along: To cause someone to move or proceed more quickly.

  • The teacher hurried the students along to the next class.

Related Idioms

• In a hurry: Needing to do something quickly; rushed.

  • I'm in a hurry, so I can't talk now.

• Hurry up and wait: To be rushed to a point where you must then wait (often used in military or bureaucratic contexts).

  • We hurried to the gate, only to hurry up and wait for a delayed flight.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. moving with great haste
   • affection for this hurrying driving...little man
   • lashed the scurrying horses

Noun

1. changing location rapidly

Từ đồng nghĩa

• scurrying
• speed
• speeding