Definitions for hurry
ˈhɜr i, ˈhʌr ihur·ry

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. hurry, hastenoun

   a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry

   "in a hurry to lock the door"

2. haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitationnoun

   overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

   "he soon regretted his haste"

3. haste, hurry, rush, rushingverb

   the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

   "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

4. travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zipverb

   move very fast

   "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

5. rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinateverb

   act or move at high speed

   "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"

6. rush, hurryverb

   urge to an unnatural speed

   "Don't rush me, please!"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. hurrynoun

   Rushed action.

   Why are you in such a big hurry?

2. hurrynoun

   Urgency.

   There is no hurry on that paperwork.

3. hurrynoun

   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.

4. hurryverb

   To do things quickly.

   He's hurrying because he's late.

5. hurryverb

   Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.

   If you don't hurry you won't finish on time.

6. Etymology: horyed ‘rushed, impelled’, frequentative of hurren ‘to vibrate rapidly, buzz’, from hurzanan ‘to rush’ (compare hurren ‘to hasten’, hurre ‘to whirl around’), from ḱers- (compare carrog ‘torrent’, currere ‘to run’, Tocharian A/B kursär/kwärsar ‘league; course’, karsiu ‘to go quickly’). Related to horse, rush.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Hurryverb

   to hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on

2. Hurryverb

   to impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity

3. Hurryverb

   to cause to be done quickly

4. Hurryverb

   to move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry

5. Hurrynoun

   the act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Hurry

   Hurry is a 2001 EP released by Tin Foil Phoenix as Sonic Bloom. The EP was nominated for a 2002 Western Canadian Music Award for Outstanding Rock Recording.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Hurry

   hur′i, v.t. to urge forward: to hasten.—v.i to move or act with haste:—pa.p. hurr′ied.—n. a driving forward: haste: tumult: a tremolando passage for violins, &c., in connection with an exciting situation.—adj. Hurr′ied.—adv. Hurr′iedly.—n. Hurr′iedness.—adv. Hurr′yingly.—n. Hurr′y-skurr′y, confusion and bustle.—adv. confusedly. [Imit. Cf. Old Sw. hurra, to whirl round.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hurry

   A staith or wharf where coals are shipped in the north.

Matched Categories

1. • Urge

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hurry' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3344

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hurry' in Verbs Frequency: #628

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hurry in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hurry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of hurry in a Sentence

1. Paul. F. Meekin:

   My view is that at your age you shouldn't worry too much about losing love. If it is right, it happens, its meant to be. The main thing is not to hurry, especially when your young and new to love. Love must come to both. Know for sure that nothing good, true and real gets away when it comes to love. And if it doesn't work out (for whatever reason) also know that God is closest to those of us with broken hearts.

2. Michelle Ashby:

   ( The clerk) said the suspect appeared to be scared and in a hurry when he knocked on the door.

3. Brad Lawson:

   Yes, I'm in the middle of a field (inaudible) pushed some guys over, right here going toward Abilene, on both sides, my truck ran out of gas, there's one car here, the guy's chasing (inaudible) to the woods, please hurry!

4. G. K. Chesterton:

   One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.

5. Sir Winston Churchill:

   Once in a while you will stumble upon the truth but most of us manage to pick ourselves up and hurry along as if nothing had happened.

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