# hurry

Pronunciation: say "HUR-ee" /ˈhʌɹi/

## Verb

1. To act or move with speed, especially because time is short.
   - Simple: To move or do something fast because there is little time.
   - _If we hurry, we can still catch the last ferry._
   - _He hurried along the platform, afraid of being late._
4. To make a task or action be completed more quickly.
   - Simple: To make something happen faster than it normally would.
   - _We shouldn't hurry the decision just to please them._
   - _The editor hurried the article into print before the weekend._
5. To increase one's pace; to go or act faster, often expressed as 'hurry up'.
   - Simple: To start going faster, often said as 'hurry up'.
   - _Hurry up or we'll miss the opening act._
   - _If everyone hurries up, we can leave on time._
6. To urge someone or something on to greater speed; to hasten.
   - Simple: To push someone to move or act faster.
   - _Don't hurry the horses up the steep slope._
   - _She hurried the guests along so the show could begin._
7. To push someone into hasty, ill-considered action; to urge into confused activity.
   - Simple: To push someone into acting too fast and without thinking.
   - _They tried to hurry him into a rash agreement._
   - _Panic hurried the crowd into a disorderly rush for the doors._
10. In coal mining, to convey coal from the working face to the tramway or haulage road.
   - Simple: In mining, to move coal from where it is dug to the track that carries it away.
   - _Boys were employed to hurry coal through the low passages._
   - _She hurried the loaded corves toward the shaft all morning._

## Noun

2. Rushed activity; the doing of things at speed and often without care.
   - Simple: The act of doing something fast, often without enough care.
   - _In his hurry to leave, he knocked over the lamp._
   - _The morning was all hurry and noise as everyone got ready._
3. A pressing need for speed; urgency about getting something done.
   - Simple: A need to do something fast, or a feeling that there is little time.
   - _There's no great hurry to reply before next week._
   - _She sensed the hurry in his voice and grabbed her coat._
8. A defensive player's act of forcing the quarterback to throw or move sooner than intended, leading to a failed offensive play.
   - Simple: In football, when a defender forces the quarterback to act too fast and the play fails.
   - _The linebacker recorded a hurry that disrupted the throw._
   - _Constant pressure from the line resulted in another hurry._
9. A rapid tremolando passage, typically for violins, played to accompany an exciting or dramatic situation on stage.
   - Simple: In music, a fast, trembling passage played to match an exciting moment, often by violins.
   - _The composer wrote a hurry to underscore the chase scene._
   - _As the storm broke on stage, the pit struck up a hurry._

## Origin

From Middle English "horien" ("to rush, impel"), probably a variant of "hurren" ("to vibrate rapidly, buzz"), from Proto-Germanic *hurzaną ("to rush") and ultimately Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- ("to run"), a root also behind Latin "currō" ("I run"). An alternative account treats "hurry" as a variant of "harry."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/hurry (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).