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Verb: hurry hú-ree- Move fast
- rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it, travel rapidly, zip - Act or move at high speed
"hurry--it's late!" - rush, hasten, look sharp, festinate [archaic], make haste - Urge to an unnatural speed
"Don't hurry me, please!" - rush Noun: hurry hú-ree- 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: hurries, hurrying, hurried Type of: act, exhort, fastness, go, locomote, motion, move, movement, press, speed, swiftness, travel, urge, urge on, urgency Encyclopedia: Hurry |