hurrying

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌɹiɪŋ/
• (General American, with the "Hurry-furry" merger) IPA^(key): /ˈhɝiɪŋ/

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• (General American, without the "Hurry-furry" merger) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌɹiɪŋ/

Verb

hurrying

1. present participle and gerund of hurry
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 10, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.

Noun

hurrying (plural hurryings)

1. The act of one who hurries; hasty motion.
   • 1832, Isaac Ambrose, Looking Unto Jesus:

     Consider the hurryings of Jesus from Caiaphas to Pilate; now he stands before Pilate where he was accused of sedition, seduction and usurpation.