Definition of "hurry-skurry" in English

verb

1. (archaic) To hurry; act hurriedly.

   • […] Besides, you are perfectly able to protect Telemachus, and to see him safely home again, while the suitors have to come hurry-skurrying back without having killed him.

noun

1. A state of confusion and bustle; a frantic hurry; a rushing about.

adverb

1. With confusion and bustle.