Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hurry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hurry \Hur"ry\, v. i.
To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or
precipitation; as, let us hurry.
{To hurry up}, to make haste. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 imitative origin.]
1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
Impetuous lust hurries him on. --South.
They hurried him abroad a bark. --Shak.
2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to
confused or irregular activity.
And wild amazement hurries up and down The little
number of your doubtful friends. --Shak.
3. To cause to be done quickly.
Syn: To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate;
urge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hurry \Hur"ry\, n.
The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency;
bustle; confusion.
Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the
mind, and puts into a violent hurry of thought.
--Addison.
Syn: Haste; speed; dispatch. See {Haste}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hurry
n 1: a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a
hurry to lock the door" [syn: {haste}]
2: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon
regretted his haste" [syn: {haste}, {hastiness}, {hurriedness}]
3: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in
his haste to leave he forgot his book" [syn: {haste}, {rush},
{rushing}]
v 1: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
speed" [syn: {travel rapidly}, {speed}, {zip}]
2: act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!" [syn: {rush},
{hasten}, {look sharp}]
3: urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!" [syn: {rush}]
[ant: {delay}]
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