hurries

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of hurry.

   He hurries through his homework so he can play outside before dark.

   Whenever the alarm sounds, the crew hurries to its assigned stations.

   Note

   The present-tense form covers several constructions. It can stand alone (she hurries home), it can take up (he hurries up when called), and it can take an object (the guide hurries the group along). Mining has its own use: a worker who hurries coal moves it from the working to the tramway. The same spelling also serves as the plural noun, and the sentence shows which one is meant.

   The guide hurries the group along before the gates close.

   If she hurries up, she will catch the early train.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of hurry.

   Note

   The plural belongs to the countable uses of hurry. In everyday speech hurry is mostly a mass noun (in a hurry), so hurries usually names separate bursts of haste. Two specialist fields give the plural steady work. In football, a defender who forces the quarterback to act before he is ready earns a hurry, and these can be tallied. In theater music, hurries are tremolando passages for violins that sit under an exciting scene.

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