Definitions for hurry-scurry

hurry-scurry hur·ry-scur·ry

Spelling: [hur-ee-skur-ee, huhr-ee-skuhr-ee]
IPA: /ˈhɜr iˈskɜr i, ˈhʌr iˈskʌr i/

Hurry-Scurry is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in hurry-scurry (-chrrrrsuuyy).

Definitions for hurry-scurry

noun

  1. headlong, disorderly haste; hurry and confusion.

adverb

  1. with hurrying and scurrying.
  2. confusedly; in a bustle.

adjective

  1. characterized by headlong, disorderly flight or haste.

Origin of hurry-scurry

First recorded in 1725-35

Examples for hurry-scurry

I don't hold with these railways they're talkin' about—all steam and hurry-scurry; it starves the country.'

We slaves would eat our breakfast, and go to the fields, dare wont no hurry-scurry.

At five minutes to eleven there is a bugle-call, followed by a hurry-scurry; the whole ship is alive at once.

The lark laughed at it all; but the sparrows were all in a hurry-scurry.

Then the house was all hurry-scurry, preparing for my new master, Sir Murtagh's younger brother, a dashing young officer.

Please do not think that I would dream of giving you any hurry-scurry trouble.

Fancy the hurry-scurry, the unforensic attitudes and pleadings!

The fact of the matter is that the hurry-scurry of modern civilisation is not conducive to artistic work of any description.

The cut-and-cover, hurry-scurry methods of doing things, common on some Western farms, will not do in drainage work.

Word Value for hurry-scurry
Scrable

11

Words with friends

10

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