noun.
In physical, a proposed unit of acceleration; an acceleration of one foot per second per second.
noun.
The act of hurrying.
noun.
Excessive haste; precipitation; hence, agitation; confusion.
noun.
A timber staging with spouts running from it, used in loading vessels with coal.
noun.
In dram, music, a tremolando passage for violins or tympani in connection with an exciting situation.
noun.
Synonyms Haste (see hasten, v. i.), flurry, flutter.
To hasten; urge forward or onward; impel to greater rapidity of movement or action.
To impel to violent or thoughtless action; urge to confused or imprudent activity.
To draw, as a corf or wagon, in a coal-mine.
Synonyms Hasten, Hurry (see hasten, v. i.); precipitate.
To flurry.
To move or act with haste.
To move or act with undue haste or with precipitation.
Synonyms Hasten, Hurry. See hasten, v. i.