hurrying

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌɹi.ɪŋ/
• (US)
  • (without the hurry–furry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌɹi.ɪŋ/
  • (with the hurry–furry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈhɝ.i.ɪŋ/

    • Audio (US, hurry–furry merger):

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• (Northern England)
  • (NG-coalescence) IPA^(key): /ˈhʊɹi.ɪŋ/
  • (without the NG-coalescence) IPA^(key): /ˈhʊɹi.ɪŋɡ/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌɾe.ɪŋ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈhɐɹi.əŋ/

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.

Derived terms

• hurryingly
• unhurrying