hie

Verb

Verb Forms: hied, hieing, hying, hies

To go quickly or hasten.
move fast
To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
To hurry (oneself).

Intj

A call to turn a horse to the left.

Examples

She had to HIE to find a seven-letter word before her turn timer ran out.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hien, hyen, highen, heiȝen, hiȝen, from Old English hīgian (“to hie, hasten, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīgōn, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną (“to breathe, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēygʰ- (“swift, fierce, violent”).
Cognate with Dutch hijgen (“to pant”), German heichen (“to choke, gasp for breath”), Danish hige (“to aspire, long”), Latin cieō (“set in motion, invoke, provoke”), Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, “move, set in motion”).

Synonyms

belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it

Antonyms

linger, hup

Scrabble Score: 6

hie: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hie: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hie: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

hie: valid Words With Friends Word