hurry
Plural: hurries
Noun
- a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
- "in a hurry to lock the door"
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- Rushed action.
- Urgency.
- an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.
- A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.
Verb
Verb Forms: hurried, hurrying, hurries
- To move or cause to move with great speed.
- move very fast
- act or move at high speed
- "hurry--it's late!"
- urge to an unnatural speed
- To do things quickly.
- Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
- 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.
- To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.
Examples
- Don’t hurry your Words With Friends moves; take your time to find the best play.
- He's hurrying because he's late.
- If you don't hurry (up) you won't finish on time.
- There is no hurry on that paperwork.
- Why are you in such a big hurry?
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English horien (“to rush, impel”), probably a variation 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- (“to run”) (compare Latin currō (“I run”), Tocharian A kursär/Tocharian B kwarsär (“league; course”)). Related to hurr, horse, rush.
Alternative etymology derives hurry as a variant of harry.
Synonyms
festinate, haste, hasten, hastiness, hurriedness, look sharp, precipitation, rush, rushing, speed, travel rapidly, zip
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
hurry: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhurry: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hurry: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary