hurry-scurry

noun

hur·​ry-scur·​ry ˌhər-ē-ˈskər-ē 

ˌhə-rē-ˈskə-rē

variants or hurry-skurry

: a confused rush : turmoil

hurry-scurry adjective or adverb

Synonyms

• ado
• alarums and excursions
• ballyhoo
• blather
• bluster
• bobbery
• bother
• bustle
• clatter
• clutter [chiefly dialect]
• coil
• commotion
• corroboree [Australian]
• disturbance
• do [chiefly dialect]
• foofaraw
• fun
• furor
• furore
• fuss
• helter-skelter
• hoo-ha
• hoo-hah
• hoopla
• hubble-bubble
• hubbub
• hullabaloo
• hurly
• hurly-burly
• hurricane
• hurry
• kerfuffle [chiefly British]
• moil
• pandemonium
• pother
• row
• ruckus
• ruction
• rumpus
• shindy
• splore [Scottish]
• squall
• stew
• stir
• storm
• to-do
• tumult
• turmoil
• uproar
• welter
• whirl
• williwaw
• zoo

Examples of hurry-scurry in a Sentence

for all the hurry-scurry you would have thought that the guests were the British royal family and not my in-laws

Word History

Etymology

reduplication of hurry entry 2

First Known Use

1754, in the meaning defined above