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Verb: hurry hur-ee or hú-ree [N. Amer], hú-ree [Brit]- 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, whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], bucket [informal], wing [informal], pelt [informal], barrel [informal], rocket [informal], belt [informal] - Move faster or act quickly or quicker
"hurry--it's late!"; - rush, hasten, look sharp, festinate [archaic], hurry up, get a move on [informal], make haste - Urge to an unnatural speed
"Don't hurry me, please!"; - rush Noun: hurry hur-ee or hú-ree [N. Amer], hú-ree [Brit]- A condition of urgency making it necessary to move or act fast
"in a hurry to lock the door"; - haste - Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
"he soon regretted his hurry"; - haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation - The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
"in his hurry to leave he forgot his book"; - haste, rush, rushing
Derived forms: hurried, hurries, hurrying Type of: act, exhort, fastness, go, locomote, motion, move, movement, press, speed, swiftness, travel, urge, urge on, urgency Encyclopedia: Hurry, John |