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Added 10 October 2026

hurry-skurry

verb

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about hurry-skurry at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To hurry; act hurriedly.

noun

A state of confusion and bustle; a frantic hurry; a rushing about.

adverb

With confusion and bustle.

Origin

Perhaps a rhyming reduplication of hurry.

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