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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
hurry
n 1: a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a
hurry to lock the door" [syn: hurry, haste]
2: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon
regretted his haste" [syn: haste, hastiness, hurry,
hurriedness, precipitation]
3: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his
haste to leave he forgot his book" [syn: haste, hurry,
rush, rushing]
v 1: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
speed" [syn: travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip]
2: act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's
late!" [syn: rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp,
festinate]
3: urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!" [syn:
rush, hurry] [ant: delay, detain, hold up]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hurry \Hur"ry\, v. i.
To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or
precipitation; as, let us hurry.
[1913 Webster]
To hurry up, to make haste. [Colloq.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hurry \Hur"ry\, n.
The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency;
bustle; confusion.
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Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the
mind, and puts into a violent hurry of thought.
--Addison.
Syn: Haste; speed; dispatch. See Haste.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hurry \Hur"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hurrying.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round,
dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr
hurly-burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to
hurry; all prob. of imitative origin.]
1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
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Impetuous lust hurries him on. --South.
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They hurried him abroad a bark. --Shak.
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2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to
confused or irregular activity.
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And wild amazement hurries up and down
The little number of your doubtful friends. --Shak.
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3. To cause to be done quickly.
Syn: To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate;
urge.
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5. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) |
HURRY, n. The dispatch of bunglers.
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Thesaurus Results for Hurry:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
accelerate, ado, agitation, air speed, bolt, brouhaha, bundle, bustle, buzz about, career, celerity, chase, cheer on, commotion, crowd, dart, dash, dash off, dash on, dig out, dispatch, disquiet, disturbance, dither, double-time, drive, drive on, eagerness, ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, egg, egg on, embroilment, expedite, expedition, expeditiousness, fastness, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, festinate, flight, fling, flit, flurry, flutter, fly, forward, fume, fuss, get cracking, get going, get moving, goad on, ground speed, haste, hasten, hasten off, hasten on, helter-skelter, hie, hie on, hound on, hump, hump it, hurly-burly, hurry about, hurry along, hurry away, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hurtle, hustle, hustle up, instantaneousness, knots, leap, light out, lightning speed, lose no time, make a fuss, make haste, miles per hour, move quickly, nip, nip off, pell-mell, perturbation, plunge, post, pother, precipitate, precipitation, press, press on, promptitude, promptness, push, push on, push through, quicken, quickness, race, railroad through, rapidity, root on, round pace, rpm, ruffle, run, rush, rush about, rush along, rush around, rush through, rustle, scamper, scamper off, scoot, scour, scramble, scud, scurry, scuttle, shake a leg, shoot, skedaddle, skin out, snappiness, speed, speed along, speed on, speed up, speediness, spur, spur on, spurt, stampede, step on it, stew, stir, sweat, swift rate, swiftness, swirl, swirling, tear, tear around, tear off, tear out, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, upset, urge, urge on, urgency, velocity, vortex, whip, whip along, whip off, whip on, whirl, whiz about, whiz off, yeastiness |
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Common Misspellings > |
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