hurry
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
plural
hurries-
a state of urgency or eagerness.
to be in a hurry to meet a train.
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hurried movement or action; haste.
- Antonyms:
- deliberation
verb
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to hasten (to do something); rush
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to speed up the completion, progress, etc, of
noun
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haste
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urgency or eagerness
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informal
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easily
you won't beat him in a hurry
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willingly
we won't go there again in a hurry
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Related Words
See rush 1.
Other Word Forms
- hurrying noun
- hurryingly adverb
- overhurry verb
- unhurrying adjective
- unhurryingly adverb
Etymology
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”
Example Sentences
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Nervous residents in Dubai’s Palm and Marina developments hurried onto their balconies to get a glimpse of the action.
Again using Inuit techniques, Kane and his remaining men hurried to gather moss and turf to insulate the rooms below deck.
From Literature
This is as it ought to be with short stories, which have to make their points in a relative hurry.
From Los Angeles Times
“I would guess a few hours, if I hurry.”
From Literature
The one that I had thought was going to get in my trap hurried back to the bunch.
From Literature
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