noun
verb
- Move very fast.
- usage: "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
- synonyms: travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
- Act or move at high speed.
- usage: "We have to rush"; "hurry-it's late"
- synonyms: rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate
- Urge to an unnatural speed.
- usage: "Don't rush me, please"
adjective
- Moving with great haste.
- usage: "affection for this hurrying driving... Little man"; "lashed the scurrying horses"
- synonyms: scurrying
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