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hurry
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door" [syn: haste ] overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" [syn: haste , hastiness , hurriedness , precipitation ] the act of moving hurriedly ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590, first recorded in Shakespeare, who used it often; perhaps a variant of harry (v.), or perhaps a West Midlands sense of Middle English hurren "to vibrate rapidly, buzz," from Proto-Germanic *hurza "to move with haste" (cognates: Middle High German ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Rushed action. 2 urgency. 3 (context sports English) 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. vb. (label en intransitive) ...
Usage examples of hurry.
She hurried through her ablutions and ordered a sustabar for breakfast.
It is one of a small group of diseases characterized by the production of abnormally high quantities of urine, so that water seemed simply to pass through the body in a hurry.
Swearing under his breath, Ace hurried to help the abused woman to her feet.
Swearing under his breath, Ace hurried to help the young wife to her feet.
She hurried over to the other table, wondering what was wrong with the acorn on it.
I was too awestruck to know fear, too adulatory in my awe, but I knew the open area of the beach was not safe, and I hurried away from Espinal and the motionless column of blackhearts.
Paul had hurried to the side of the aeronaut, who raised his hand in greeting, while a smile broke over his anxious face.
But the balloon continued rapidly on its downward course, and, answering the barks with consoling words, the aeronaut hurried to the earth.
McDermitt and Chief Gerald hurried for the walled-in room aft of the escape trunk--the maneuvering room that was the control for the entire propulsion plant and would be a key space to secure in order to get the Tampa out on its own power.
He kept on going, enjoying the chance to walk aimlessly, in no hurry to get anywhere.
He was soothing the buffaloes now by voice, and Akela had dropped far to the rear, only whimpering once or twice to hurry the rear-guard.
As Alameda hurried out of the control room Pacino caught her eye, but the look on her face still belonged to the chief engineer.
Gulf Stream caught it and hurried it on, away from Alata, away from his homeland and away from the island of death.
Towards the end of making the White Album, the Beatles were in such a hurry to meet the deadline that they often had two studios in use at once.
An unpleasant tingling sensation that had nothing to do with the burning of his cheeks engulfed Alec briefly as he hurried downstairs.