/ˈhʌ.ɹi/, /ˈhʌ.ɹi/, /ˈhɝ.i/
OriginFrom 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 (“I run”), Tocharian A kursär/Tocharian B kwarsär (“league; course”)). Related to hurr, horse, rush.
Alternative etymology derives hurry as a variant of harry.
- countable, uncountableA 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”
- countable, uncountableAn urgency.
“There is no hurry on that paperwork.”
- countable, uncountableAn 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.”
- countable, uncountableA tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.
- intransitiveTo 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, wit”
“When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he fel”
- intransitiveOften with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
“If you don't hurry (up) you won't finish on time.”
- transitiveTo cause to be done quickly.
- transitiveTo 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.”
- transitiveTo 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 ha”
Formshurries(plural) · hurries(present, singular, third-person) · hurrying(participle, present) · hurried(participle, past) · hurried(past)