hurry

[ hur-ee, huhr-ee ]

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verb (used without object),hur·ried, hur·ry·ing.

to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.

verb (used with object),hur·ried, hur·ry·ing.

to drive, carry, or cause to move or perform with speed.
to hasten; urge forward (often followed by up).

to impel or perform with undue haste: to hurry someone into a decision.

noun,plural hur·ries.

a state of urgency or eagerness: to be in a hurry to meet a train.
hurried movement or action; haste.

Origin of hurry

First recorded in 1580–90; expressive word of uncertain origin, compare Middle English horyed (attested once) “rushed, impelled,” Middle High German hurren “to move quickly”

synonym study For hurry

1. See rush¹.

Other words for hurry

2	hasten
3	accelerate, quicken; expedite, hustle
6	celerity; expedition, dispatch; speed, quickness; bustle, ado

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Opposites for hurry

3	delay, slow
6	deliberation

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Other words from hurry

hur·ry·ing·ly, adverb
o·ver·hur·ry, verb, o·ver·hur·ried, o·ver·hur·ry·ing.
un·hur·ry·ing, adjective
un·hur·ry·ing·ly, adverb

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How to use hurry in a sentence

Once Gollum drags off his catch, Bilbo hurries to retrieve the ring, putting it in his pocket for safe keeping.
‘The Hobbit’: 19 Changes from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Novel to Peter Jackson’s Movie | Anna Klassen | December 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Strauss is in the courtyard giving advice to a student who hurries off with his files when I arrive.
"I Killed a Girl" | Molly Guinness | September 17, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
She is like a canary bird; when others begin to speak, she hurries in her remarks, in an accompaniment.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley
Several jurymen leave their seats, but the district attorney hurries forward, and whispers to them.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
But he's getting fond of it these last twelve months, and though he don't take very much it hurries him and flurries him.
The Prime Minister | Anthony Trollope

Mrs. Parlin hurries the children down stairs, and out of the house, under their grandmother's protection.
Dotty Dimple At Home | Sophie May
For patriotism, like courage, is infectious; and it is a poor heart that hurries to abandon a sinking ship.
The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton Merriman

British Dictionary definitions for hurry

hurry

/ (ˈhʌrɪ) /

verb-ries, -rying or -ried

(intr often foll by up) to hasten (to do something); rush
(tr often foll by along) to speed up the completion, progress, etc, of

noun

haste
urgency or eagerness

in a hurry informal
- easily: you won't beat him in a hurry
- willingly: we won't go there again in a hurry

Origin of hurry

C16 horyen, probably of imitative origin; compare Middle High German hurren; see scurry

Derived forms of hurry

hurrying, noun, adjective
hurryingly, adverb

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