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Word entry · 5 letters

haste

Best crossword clue

"Great hurry"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /heɪst/Part of speech nounSorted aehstStarts with HEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

Word origin

Metonymic occupation surname for someone who turned the spit for roasting meat, from Old French haste (“spit”).

Used in a sentence

  • We were running late so we finished our meal in haste.
  • The king's business required haste.
  • There was a stampede as the congressmen jumped the banister in their hastes to be the first to sign away their souls.

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