hurry
verb
- do things quickly
noun
- rushed action
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhʌ.ɹi/ / /ˈhɝ.i/ / /ˈhʊ.ɹi/
noun
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 (“to run”), Tocharian A kursär/Tocharian B kwarsär (“league; course”)). Related to hurr, horse, rush. Alternative etymology derives hurry as a variant of harry.
- A rushed action.
“Why are you in such a big hurry?”
“At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]”
- An urgency.
“There is no hurry on that paperwork.”
- An incidence of a defensive pressure that forces the quarterback to throw the ball earlier than intended or rush their decision, often leading to an incomplete pass or failed play.
“At Alabama, Jedrick Wills Jr. anchored the right side of the offensive line for two years, allowing only one sack and three-and-a-half quarterback hurries on 714 snaps last season.”
- A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.
verb
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 (“to run”), Tocharian A kursär/Tocharian B kwarsär (“league; course”)). Related to hurr, horse, rush. Alternative etymology derives hurry as a variant of harry.
- To do things quickly.
“He's hurrying because he's late.”
“There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.”
- Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
“If you don't hurry (up) you won't finish on time.”
- To cause to be done quickly.
- To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
“the rapid Stream presently draws him in , carries him away , and hurries him down violently.”
“They hurried him aboard a bark.”
- To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
“And wild amazement hurries up and down / The little number of your doubtful friends.”
- To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.
“Elizabeth Day, aged seventeen […] "I have been nearly nine years in the pit. I trapped for two years when I first went, and have hurried ever since. I have hurried for my father until a year ago. I have to help to riddle and fill, […]”