Hurry Definition

hûrē, hŭr-

hurried, hurries, hurrying

verb

hurried, hurries, hurrying

To move or act with haste; move faster than is comfortable or natural.

Webster's New World

To cause to move or act more rapidly or too rapidly; drive, move, send, force, or carry with haste.

Webster's New World

To cause to occur or be done more rapidly or too rapidly; accelerate the preparation or completion of; urge on.

Webster's New World

To urge or cause to act soon or too soon.

Webster's New World

To speed the progress or completion of; expedite.

Hurried the delivery of the product.

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noun

Activity or motion that is often unduly hurried; haste.

I forgot my gloves in my hurry to catch the bus.

American Heritage

A hurrying or being hurried; rush; urgency.

Webster's New World

Eagerness to do, act, go, etc. quickly.

Webster's New World

Rushed action.

Why are you in such a big hurry?

Wiktionary

(sports) In American football, an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.

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idiom

hurry it up

to do or carry out with speed or promptness

Webster's New World

hurry up

to act with speed or promptness

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in a hurry

very rapidly; in a rush
eager to do, act, etc.
in a hurry to graduate and find a job

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Other Word Forms of Hurry

Noun

Singular:

hurry

Plural:

hurries

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Hurry

hurry it up
hurry up
in a hurry

Origin of Hurry

Middle English horyed (“rushed, impelled”), frequentative of hurren (“to vibrate rapidly, buzz”), from Proto-Germanic *hurzaną (“to rush”) (compare Middle High German hurren (“to hasten”), Norwegian hurre (“to whirl around”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-, *ḱors- (“to run, hurry”) (compare Welsh carrog (“torrent”), Latin currō (“I run”), Tocharian A/B kursär/kwärsar (“league; course”), Lithuanian karsiù (“to go quickly”)). Related to horse, rush.

From Wiktionary
Possibly Middle English horien perhaps variant of harien to harass harry

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition