Usually means: Rushed, chaotic movement or activity.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word hurry-scurry:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. hurry-scurry: Merriam-Webster
  2. hurry-scurry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hurry-scurry: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hurry-scurry, hurry-scurry: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hurry-scurry: Wordnik
  6. hurry-scurry: Wiktionary
  7. hurry-scurry: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. hurry-scurry: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. hurry-scurry: Dictionary.com
  10. hurry-scurry: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hurry-scurry: A Word A Day

Definitions from Wiktionary (Hurry-scurry)

verb:  Alternative form of hurry-skurry [(archaic) To hurry; act hurriedly.]
noun:  Alternative form of hurry-skurry [A state of confusion and bustle; a frantic hurry; a rushing about.]
adverb:  Alternative form of hurry-skurry [With confusion and bustle.]

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