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Verb: hurry  hú-ree
  1. 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
     
  2. Act or move at high speed
    "hurry--it's late!"
    - rush, hasten, look sharp, festinate [archaic], make haste
     
  3. Urge to an unnatural speed
    "Don't hurry me, please!"
    - rush
Noun: hurry  hú-ree
  1. A condition of urgency making it necessary to move or act fast
    "in a hurry to lock the door"
    - haste
     
  2. Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
    "he soon regretted his hurry"
    - haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation
     
  3. 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