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/herr"ee up', hur"-/, adj.characterized by speed or the need for speed; quick: a hurry-up meal; a hurry-up phone call.[1885-90; adj. use of v. phrase hurry up]
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hurry up — {v. phr.} To rush (an emphatic form of hurry). * /Hurry up or we ll miss our plane./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hurry up — {v. phr.} To rush (an emphatic form of hurry). * /Hurry up or we ll miss our plane./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hurry — can refer to:*Hurry (EP), an EP by Tin Foil Phoenix *Hurrying, a child employed in a coal mine to transport coal *Hurry, a curling term … Wikipedia
hurry — [n] speed in action, motion bustle, celerity, commotion, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, flurry, haste, precipitance, precipitateness, precipitation, promptitude, push, quickness, rush, rustle, scurry, speediness, swiftness,… … New thesaurus
hurry — ► VERB (hurries, hurried) ▪ move or act quickly or more quickly. ► NOUN ▪ great haste; urgency. ● in a hurry Cf. ↑in a hurry DERIVATIVES hurried … English terms dictionary
Hurry — Hur ry, n. The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion. [1913 Webster] Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and puts into a violent hurry of thought. Addison. Syn: Haste; speed; dispatch … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hurry — vb *speed, quicken, precipitate, hasten Analogous words: impel, drive, *move Antonyms: delay Contrasted words: retard, slow, slacken, detain (see DELAY): procrastinate, lag, loiter, dawdle (see DELAY) hurry n *haste, speed, dispatch, expedition … New Dictionary of Synonyms
hurry — index dispatch (promptness), dispatch (send off), expedite, haste, hasten, precipitate (hasten), race … Law dictionary
hurry on — index dispatch (send off) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
