hurry

  • 1hurry up — {v. phr.} To rush (an emphatic form of hurry). * /Hurry up or we ll miss our plane./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 2hurry up — {v. phr.} To rush (an emphatic form of hurry). * /Hurry up or we ll miss our plane./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3Hurry — Hur ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurrying}.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all prob. of …

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  • 4Hurry — Hur ry, v. i. To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry. [1913 Webster] {To hurry up}, to make haste. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5Hurry — can refer to:*Hurry (EP), an EP by Tin Foil Phoenix *Hurrying, a child employed in a coal mine to transport coal *Hurry, a curling term …

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  • 6hurry — [n] speed in action, motion bustle, celerity, commotion, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, flurry, haste, precipitance, precipitateness, precipitation, promptitude, push, quickness, rush, rustle, scurry, speediness, swiftness,… …

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  • 7hurry — ► VERB (hurries, hurried) ▪ move or act quickly or more quickly. ► NOUN ▪ great haste; urgency. ● in a hurry Cf. ↑in a hurry DERIVATIVES hurried …

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  • 8Hurry — Hur ry, n. The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion. [1913 Webster] Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and puts into a violent hurry of thought. Addison. Syn: Haste; speed; dispatch …

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  • 9hurry — vb *speed, quicken, precipitate, hasten Analogous words: impel, drive, *move Antonyms: delay Contrasted words: retard, slow, slacken, detain (see DELAY): procrastinate, lag, loiter, dawdle (see DELAY) hurry n *haste, speed, dispatch, expedition …

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  • 10hurry — index dispatch (promptness), dispatch (send off), expedite, haste, hasten, precipitate (hasten), race …

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