hurry
Forms
- Plural
- hurries
- present (v1)
- hurry
- past (v2)
- hurried
- past participle (v3)
- hurried
- present participle
- hurrying
- 3rd person singular
- hurries
Definitions
1.A rushed action.
- Why are you in such a big hurry?
2.An urgency.
- There is no hurry on that paperwork.
3.An incidence of a defensive pressure that forces the quarterback to throw the ball earlier than intended or rush their decision, often leading to an incomplete pass or failed play.
- At Alabama, Jedrick Wills Jr. anchored the right side of the offensive line for two years, allowing only one sack and three-and-a-half quarterback hurries on 714 snaps last season.
4.A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.
- Hurry up, or you'll miss the bus.
- There's no need to hurry. We have plenty of time.
- Where are you going in such a hurry? We've got plenty of time, so drive safely.
1.To do things quickly.
- He's hurrying because he's late.
2.Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
- If you don't hurry (up) you won't finish on time.
3.To cause to be done quickly.
4.To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
- They hurried him aboard a bark.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2937
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Etymology
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 (“to run”), Tocharian A kursär/Tocharian B kwarsär (“league; course”)). Related to hurr, horse, rush.