hurry

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Rushed action.
2. (countable, uncountable) Urgency.
3. (countable, uncountable) an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.
4. (countable, uncountable) A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To do things quickly.
2. (intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
3. (transitive) To cause to be done quickly.
4. (transitive) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
5. (transitive) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
6. To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.

Synonyms

rush

hasten

haste

make haste

speed

run

hustle

urge on

dash

💨

bustle

scurry

quickly

in a hurry

hurry up

expedite

quick

hurriedness

race

hie

precipitation

be in a hurry

hastiness

drive on

move quickly

quickness

press

scoot

quicken

hastle

flee

be quick

fast

precipitate

urge

urgency

rushing

dart

🎯

festinate

be hasty

precipitance

now

look sharp

do quickly

escape

speed up

accelerate

sprint

go quickly

rudeness

scamper

Translations

se dépêcher

eilen

fretta

apurarse

affrettarsi

se hâter

sich beeilen

prisa

hâte

apresurarse

Eile

apressar

darse prisa

hâter

apresurar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhʌɹ.i/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: horien

Cognate with Middle High German: hurren

Cognate with Norwegian: hurre

Cognate with Latin: currō

Cognate with Tokharian A: kursär

Cognate with Tokharian B: kwarsär

In summary

From Middle English horien (“to rush, impel”), probably a variation of hurren (“to vibrate rapidly, buzz”), from Proto-Germanic *hurzaną (“to rush”) (compare Middle High German hurren (“to hasten”), Norwegian hurre (“to whirl around”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”) (compare Latin currō (“I run”), Tocharian A kursär/Tocharian B kwarsär (“league; course”)). Related to hurr, horse, rush.
Alternative etymology derives hurry as a variant of harry.