Definitions of Hurry [ˈhɜr i, ˈhʌr i]

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Definition of 'Hurry'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) hurry
to move, proceed, or act with haste (often fol. by up).

2. (v.t.) hurry
to drive, carry, or cause to move with speed.

3.  hurry
to hasten; urge forward (often fol. by up).

4.  hurry
to impel or perform with undue haste; rush:
to hurry someone into a decision; to hurry a speech.

5. (n.) hurry
a state of urgency or eagerness:
shoppers in a great hurry.

6.  hurry
hurried movement or action; haste.

Etymology: (1580–90; expressive word of uncert. orig.; cf. ME horyed (attested once) rushed, impelled, MHG hurren to move quickly)

Definition of 'Hurry'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hurry, haste
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
"in a hurry to lock the door"

2. (noun) haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
"he soon regretted his haste"

3. (verb) haste, hurry, rush, rushing
the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
"in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

4. (verb) travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
move very fast
"The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

5. (verb) rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate
act or move at high speed
"We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"

6. (verb) rush, hurry
urge to an unnatural speed
"Don't rush me, please!"

Definition of 'Hurry'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) hurry
to do or make do quickly because there is little time; = rush
We have to hurry up - the stores are closing.; I don't want to hurry you, but it's getting late.

2.  hurry
to move quickly toward
He hurried over to the check-in desk.

3. (noun) hurry
the need to get somewhere quickly
In her hurry, she dropped her glove.; What's the hurry? We have lots of time.

4.  hurry
in a hurry
***not having much time
Sorry, I can't talk now - I'm in a hurry.; kids in a hurry to finish their homework

5.  hurry
done quickly, or too quickly
I wrote the paper in a hurry.

6.  hurry
not in a hurry/in no hurry
having lots of time
Take as much time as you need - I'm in no hurry.

7.  hurry
to not want to do sth
I'm not in any hurry to talk to her again.

Definition of 'Hurry'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Hurry
the act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion

2. (verb) Hurry
to hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on

3. (verb) Hurry
to impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity

4. (verb) Hurry
to cause to be done quickly

5. (verb) Hurry
to move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry

Translation of 'Hurry'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause to) move or act quickly, often too quickly You'd better hurry if you want to catch that bus; If you hurry me, I'll make mistakes.
Afrikaans: jou haas, gou maak	Arabic: يُسْرِع	Bulgarian: бързам
Brazilian: apressar(-se)	Czech: pospíchat (na)	German: sich beeilen, drängen
Danish: skynde sig; skynde på	Greek: βιάζομαι, κάνω κπ. να βια	Spanish: darse prisa (intransitivo
Estonian: kiirustama	Farsi: عجله كردن	Finnish: kiirehtiä
French: se dépêcher	Hebrew: לְמַהֵר	Hindi: जल्दी करना
Croatian: požuriti	Hungarian: siet	Indonesian: menyuruh cepat
Icelandic: flÿta (sér), hraða (sér)	Italian: sbrigarsi	Japanese: 急ぐ
Korean: 재촉하다	Lithuanian: skubinti, skubėti	Latvian: []steigties; steidzināt
Malay: menggesa-gesakan	Dutch: haasten	Norwegian: skynde seg, skynde på, ha
Polish: śpieszyć się, przynaglać	Persian: عجله كردن	Pashto: چابکی کول
Portuguese: apressar(-se)	Romanian: a se grăbi	Russian: торопить(ся)
Slovak: ponáhľať sa; naháňať (koh	Slovenian: pohiteti; priganjati	Serbian: požurivati
Swedish: skynda sig (på), jäkta, s	Thai: รีบ	Turkish: acele et(tir)mek,çabuk ol
Taiwanese: 趕快，催促	Ukrainian: поспішати; квапитися	Urdu: تیزي سے کام کرنا
Vietnamese: thúc giục	Chinese: 赶快，催促
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