hurry

hur·ry

Use hurry in a sentence

A man hurries down a corridor.

noun

The definition of hurry is a feeling of urgency.
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.

verb

To hurry is defined as to rush, move quickly or do something faster than is comfortable.
1. An example of hurry is to run to catch the bus.
2. An example of hurry is to try to finish your homework quickly, making lots of mistakes.

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hurry

transitive verb

-·ried, -·ry·ing

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 of hurry

probably from echoic base seen in hurl or uncertain or unknown; perhaps in Old Norse hurra, to whir, whirl around

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

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

hurry Idioms

hurry it up

Slang to do or carry out with speed or promptness

hurry up

Informal to act with speed or promptness

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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hurry

verb

hur·ried, hur·ry·ing, hur·ries

verb

intransitive

To move or act with speed or haste. See Synonyms at speed.

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: hurried the delivery of the product.

noun

pl. hur·ries

Activity or motion that is often unduly hurried; haste: I forgot my gloves in my hurry to catch the bus. See Synonyms at haste.
The need or wish to hurry; a condition of urgency: in no hurry to leave.

Origin of hurry

Possibly Middle English horien perhaps variant of harien to harass ; see harry .

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hur′ri·er
noun

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural hurries)

Rushed action.
Why are you in such a big hurry?
Urgency.
There is no hurry on that paperwork.
(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.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present hurries, present participle hurrying, simple past and past participle hurried)

(intransitive) To do things quickly.
He's hurrying because he's late.
(intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
If you don't hurry you won't finish on time.
To cause to be done quickly.
To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.

Origin

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.