hurrying
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English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhʌɹiɪŋ/
- (General American, with the "Hurry-furry" merger) IPA(key): /ˈhɝiɪŋ/
Audio (US): (file) - (General American, without the "Hurry-furry" merger) IPA(key): /ˈhʌɹiɪŋ/
Verb
hurrying
- 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)
- 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.