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- Dictionaryhurry/ˈhʌri/
verb
- 1. move or act with great haste: "we'd better hurry" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. great haste: "in my hurry to leave I knocked over a pile of books"
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HURRY definition: 1. to move or do things more quickly than normal or to make someone do this: 2. the need to move…. Learn more.
The meaning of HURRY is to carry or cause to go with haste. How to use hurry in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Hurry.
If you do something in ahurry, you do it quickly or suddenly. She was in a hurry to grow up, eager for knowledge and experience. American English : hurry / ˈhɜri, hʌr- /
Hurry definition: to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up). See examples of HURRY used in a sentence.
To hurry is to rush, or to move quickly. If you're late for a movie and you don't want to miss the beginning, you'll have to hurry into the theater, not stopping to buy popcorn. When you're out for a walk and the sun begins to set, you might hurry home before it gets dark — in other words, move rapidly, or in haste.
Hurry Definition. hûrē, hŭr- hurried, hurries, hurrying. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Verb. Noun. Idiom. Filter. verb. hurried, hurries, hurrying. To move or act with haste; move faster than is comfortable or natural. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
HURRY definition: 1. to move or do things more quickly than normal or to make someone do this: 2. If you are in a…. Learn more.
1. Activity or motion that is often unduly hurried; haste: I forgot my gloves in my hurry to catch the bus. See Synonyms at haste. 2. The need or wish to hurry; a condition of urgency: in no hurry to leave. [Possibly Middle English horien, perhaps variant of harien, to harass; see harry .] hur′ri·er n.
hurry. verb. /ˈhəri/ Verb Forms. [intransitive] to do something more quickly than usual because there is not much time synonym rush You'll have to hurry if you want to catch that train. The kids hurried to open their presents.
(informal) used to say that somebody does not want to do something again because it was not pleasant or fun. I won't be going there again in a hurry—the food was terrible. See hurry in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
