hurry
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hurry
- /ˈhʌ.ɹi/ UK
- /ˈhʌ.ɹi/ US
- /ˈhɝ.i/
- /ˈhʊ.ɹi/ Northern England
- /ˈhə.ri/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ʌɹi, -ʊəɹi
Where it comes from
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.
noun hurries
- A rushed action. Why are you in such a big hurry?
- 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 hurries · hurrying · hurried
- To do things quickly. He's hurrying because he's late.
- 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.
- 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, […]
