hurry-skurry
11Haste — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Haste >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 haste haste urgency Sgm: N 1 despatch despatch dispatch Sgm: N 1 acceleration acceleration spurt spirt forced march rush dash Sgm …
12Excitability — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Excess of sensitiveness. < N PARAG:Excitability >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 excitability excitability impetuosity vehemence Sgm: N 1 boisterousness boisterousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 turbulence turbulence Sgm: N 1… …
13flurry — I. n. 1. Flaw, squall, gust of wind. 2. Agitation, hurry, bustle, confusion, commotion, perturbation, disturbance, flutter, ruffle, hurry skurry. II. v. a. Excite, agitate, confuse, disconcert, disturb, perturb, fluster, hurry …
14slap-dash — ad. (Colloq.) In a hurry, in a hurry, skurry, without forethought, at hap hazard, at random …
15flutter — I. v. n. 1. Hover, flap the wings quickly. 2. Flap, move rapidly, flirt. 3. Tremble, palpitate, beat or move tremulously. 4. Flaunt, make a show, make a parade, cut a dash, be ostentatious. 5. Fluctuate, waver, oscillate, vacillate, be fickle, be …
16haste — n 1. swiftness, fleetness, speed, quickness; dispatch, rapidity, hurriedness, expedition, expedi tiousness; velocity, acceleration, celerity; instantane ousness, immediateness, urgency, promptness, promptitude; briskness, abruptness, smartness;… …
17helter-skelter — ad. Pell mell, irregularly, disorderly, in disorder, in confusion, precipitately, with precipitancy, at a rush, headlong, hurry skurry, pell mell, head foremost, heels over head …
18headlong — I. a. 1. Rash, inconsiderate, hasty, heady, reckless, thoughtless, impulsive, perilous, dangerous, ruinous, precipitate. 2. Rushing precipitately, wildly tumbling. 3. Steep, precipitous, sheer. II. ad. 1. Rashly, hastily, precipitately, head… …
19ruffle — I. v. a. 1. Disarrange, damage, disorder, rumple, derange. 2. Discompose, disquiet, trouble, vex, torment, molest, plague, worry, harass, disturb, agitate, confuse, excite. 3. Gather into folds, wrinkle, cockle, pucker. 4. Surprise. 5. Amass,… …
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