Adjective: hurried hur-id or hú-rid [N. Amer], hú-rid [Brit]
- Moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
"a hurried job"; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"
- Move or travel very quickly
"He hurried down the hall to receive his guests";
- rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], speed, race, pelt along [informal], rush along, bucket along [informal], belt along [informal], step on it [informal], travel rapidly, zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal], whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], bucket [informal], belt [informal], barrel [informal], rocket [informal], wing [informal], pelt [informal]
- Move faster or act quickly or quicker
"hurry — it's late!"; "We need to hurry up to catch the train";
- rush, hasten, look sharp [informal], festinate [archaic], hurry up, make haste, get a move on [informal]
- Urge to an unnatural speed
"Don't hurry me, please!";
- rush
See also: fast, flying, gadarene, hasty, headlong, helter-skelter, overhasty, pell-mell, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick, rush, rushed
Type of: act, exhort, go, locomote, move, press, travel, urge, urge on
Encyclopedia: Hurry, John