Haste

Noun

 * 1) A speedy or quick action. (e.g. We were running late so we finished our meal in haste)

Verb

 * 1)  To urge onward; to hasten
 * 2)  To move with haste.

Adjectives for Haste
heedless; breathless; duteous; delirious; phantom; disciplined; desperate; unseemly; wrathful; fiery; undue; hot; wild; indecent; purblind; unscrupulous; lamentable; eager; irreverent; barbarous; clumsy; nervous; noiseless; mad; frantic; reckless; uncivil; feverish; deadly; frenzied; disgraceful; rash; ruthless; moderate; dread; incredible; unusual; straining; overcredulous; tremulous; generous; noticeable.

Thesaurus
air speed, alacrity, anxiety, barrel, beeline, breathless impatience, briskness, bucket, bustle, carelessness, celerity, chafing, dash, desperateness, devil-may-careness, dispatch, disquietude, drive, eagerness, excitement, expedition, expeditiousness, fastness, fleetness, flight, flit, flurry, forwardness, fretfulness, fretting, furiousness, ground speed, hasten, hastiness, heedlessness, highball, hotfoot, hotheadedness, hurriedness, hurry, hustle, impatience, impatientness, impetuosity, impetuousness, impulse, impulsiveness, instantaneousness, knots, lather, lightning speed, miles per hour, overeagerness, overenthusiasm, overhastiness, overzealousness, pace, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, precipitousness, precociousness, precocity, prematureness, prematurity, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rashness, recklessness, restiveness, restlessness, rocket, round pace, rpm, run, rush, rustle, snappiness, speed, speediness, stew, suddenness, sweat, swift rate, swiftness, tense readiness, uneasiness, unpatientness, unquietness, untimeliness, urgency, velocity, wantonness, wildness

Etymology
Blend of hasten (verb), (compare Dutch haasten, German hasten, Danish haste:, Swed. hasta "to hasten, rush") and  hast (noun) "haste" from  haste (French: hâte) from  haist, haifst:, violence. Akin to Old Frisian hāst, hāste "haste", hǣst "violence",  hǣste "violent, impetuous, vehement", Old Norse heift:/heipt:, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃:. Cognate with German and Danish heftig:.

Noun

 * Czech:
 * French: hâte
 * Hungarian: sietség
 * Kurdish:
 * Polish: pośpiech


 * Portuguese: pressa
 * Russian: спешка
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish: sopetón

Derived terms

 * hasten verb
 * hastily adverb
 * hastiness noun
 * hasty adjective
 * make haste
 * posthaste, post haste adverb

Related terms

 * hurry
 * rush
 * scramble
 * scamper
 * scurry

Anagrams

 * ashet, haets, hates, heats, hetas, sheat

Adverb

 * 1) hastily

Noun

 * 1) pole
 * 2)  stem, stalk