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To hurry is defined as to rush, move quickly or do something faster than is comfortable.

(verb)

An example of hurry is to run to catch the bus.
An example of hurry is to try to finish your homework quickly, making lots of mistakes.

The definition of hurry is a feeling of urgency.

(noun)

An example of a hurry is a person's state of mind as they try to get to work on time; in a hurry to go to work.

See hurry in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb hurried, hurrying

to cause to move or act more rapidly or too rapidly; drive, move, send, force, or carry with haste
to cause to occur or be done more rapidly or too rapidly; accelerate the preparation or completion of; urge on
to urge or cause to act soon or too soon

Origin: prob. < echoic base seen in hurl or ? in ON hurra, to whir, whirl around

intransitive verb

to move or act with haste; move faster than is comfortable or natural

noun

a hurrying or being hurried; rush; urgency
eagerness to do, act, go, etc. quickly

Related Forms:

hurrier noun

See hurry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb hur·ried, hur·ry·ing, hur·ries

verb, intransitive

To move or act with speed or haste.

verb, transitive

To cause to move or act with speed or haste: hurried the children to school.
To cause to move or act with undue haste; rush: was hurried into marriage.
To speed the progress or completion of; expedite. See Synonyms at speed.

noun pl. hur·ries

The act or an instance of hurrying; hastened progress.
Activity or motion that is often unduly hurried; haste. See Synonyms at haste.
The need or wish to hurry; a condition of urgency: in no hurry to leave.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly Middle English horien

Origin: , perhaps variant of harien, to harass; see harry

Related Forms:

hurˈri·er noun

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