'Hurry' definitions:
Definition of 'hurry'
(from WordNet)
noun
A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door" [syn: hurry, haste]
noun
Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" [syn: haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation]
noun
The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" [syn: haste, hurry, rush, rushing]
verb
Move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" [syn: travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip]
verb
Act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" [syn: rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate]
verb
Definition of 'Hurry'
From: GCIDE
- Hurry \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 imitative origin.]
- 1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. [1913 Webster]
- Impetuous lust hurries him on. --South. [1913 Webster]
- They hurried him abroad a bark. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. [1913 Webster]
- And wild amazement hurries up and down The little number of your doubtful friends. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cause to be done quickly.
- Syn: To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate; urge. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hurry'
From: GCIDE
- Hurry \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]
Definition of 'Hurry'
From: GCIDE
- Hurry \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. See Haste. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hurry'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerate,
- ado,
- agitation,
- air speed,
- bolt,
- brouhaha,
- bundle,
- bustle,
- buzz about,
- career,
- celerity,
- chase,
- cheer on,
- commotion,
- crowd,
- dart,
- dash,
- dash off,
- dash on,
- dig out,
- dispatch,
- disquiet,
- disturbance,
- dither,
- double-time,
- drive,
- drive on,
- eagerness,
- ebullience,
- ebullition,
- eddy,
- effervescence,
- egg,
- egg on,
- embroilment,
- expedite,
- expedition,
- expeditiousness,
- fastness,
- feery-fary,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- festinate,
- flight,
- fling,
- flit,
- flurry,
- flutter,
- fly,
- forward,
- fume,
- fuss,
- get cracking,
- get going,
- get moving,
- goad on,
- ground speed,
- haste,
- hasten,
- hasten off,
- hasten on,
- helter-skelter,
- hie,
- hie on,
- hound on,
- hump,
- hump it,
- hurly-burly,
- hurry about,
- hurry along,
- hurry away,
- hurry on,
- hurry through,
- hurry up,
- hurry-scurry,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- hustle up,
- instantaneousness,
- knots,
- leap,
- light out,
- lightning speed,
- lose no time,
- make a fuss,
- make haste,
- miles per hour,
- move quickly,
- nip,
- nip off,
- pell-mell,
- perturbation,
- plunge,
- post,
- pother,
- precipitate,
- precipitation,
- press,
- press on,
- promptitude,
- promptness,
- push,
- push on,
- push through,
- quicken,
- quickness,
- race,
- railroad through,
- rapidity,
- root on,
- round pace,
- rpm,
- ruffle,
- run,
- rush,
- rush about,
- rush along,
- rush around,
- rush through,
- rustle,
- scamper,
- scamper off,
- scoot,
- scour,
- scramble,
- scud,
- scurry,
- scuttle,
- shake a leg,
- shoot,
- skedaddle,
- skin out,
- snappiness,
- speed,
- speed along,
- speed on,
- speed up,
- speediness,
- spur,
- spur on,
- spurt,
- stampede,
- step on it,
- stew,
- stir,
- sweat,
- swift rate,
- swiftness,
- swirl,
- swirling,
- tear,
- tear around,
- tear off,
- tear out,
- to-do,
- tumult,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- uproar,
- upset,
- urge,
- urge on,
- urgency,
- velocity,
- vortex,
- whip,
- whip along,
- whip off,
- whip on,
- whirl,
- whiz about,
- whiz off,
- yeastiness