To hurry is defined as to rush, move quickly or do something faster than is comfortable.
(verb)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
Origin: prob. < echoic base seen in hurl or ? in ON hurra, to whir, whirl around
intransitive verb
noun
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See hurry in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb hur·ried, hur·ry·ing, hur·ries verb, intransitive
Origin:
Origin: Possibly Middle English horien
Origin: , perhaps variant of harien, to harass; see harry
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