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| bolt1 |
to eat or drink in a hurry without chewing or tasting. [1/8 definitions] |
| dash |
to do or carry out in a hurry (usually followed by "off"). [1/8 definitions] |
| easy |
not in a hurry; not rushed. [1/4 definitions] |
| else |
If your mother says "Hurry up, or else you'll be late," it means that if you don't hurry up, you will be late. We often use else in this way to state some bad thing that will or might happen if we don't do something. [1/4 definitions] |
| haste |
speed or hurry. [1/2 definitions] |
| hasten |
to move or act with speed; hurry. [1/3 definitions] |
| hectic |
marked by hurry, confusion, and too much activity. |
| hurried |
moving or acting quickly; forced to hurry. [1/2 definitions] |
| hurry |
When you hurry, you move quickly so that you can finish something or get somewhere fast. [2/3 definitions] |
| race1 |
When something races, it moves very fast. When a person races, they go fast because they are in a hurry to get somewhere or do something else. [1/6 definitions] |
| rush1 |
to act or go quickly; hurry. [2/6 definitions] |
| sketch |
a drawing or painting that was done in a hurry or without detail. Sketches are sometimes done to prepare for later work. [1/5 definitions] |
| skim |
to glance through in a hurry or without attention. [1/4 definitions] |
| slapdash |
done or made in a hurry and without attention. |
| stick2 |
When you stick something into a drawer, you put it into a drawer quickly or without thinking much about it. When you stick something somewhere, you often do it when you are in a hurry. [1/9 definitions] |
| tear2 |
If you tear out of the house, you rush out of the house in a big hurry. If a car tears down the street, it drives really fast down the street. [1/6 definitions] |
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