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haste

/heɪst/
noun

  1. Speed; swiftness; dispatch.

    "We were running late so we finished our meal in haste."

  2. Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

verb

  1. To urge onward; to hasten.

  2. To move with haste.

Synonymshurry, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry

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