hurry up, make it quick!, do it fast!, speed up!
make haste, rush; urge, prod
rush, haste; urgency
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Hurry Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Hurry Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
(v. t.)
To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
(v. t.)
To cause to be done quickly.
To cause to be done quickly.
(v. i.)
To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry.
To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry.
(n.)
The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion.
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. they hurried him abroad a bark.
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.
3. to cause to be done quickly.
similar words(2)
to hurry up
hurry-skurry
haste: deifir (in Conn. & Ulster), deithneas (in Munster), deabhadh (in Thomond)
Dychrys = n. haste, hurry
Dychrysio = v. to hurry
Dyffysgo = v. to hurry
Ffrwst = n. hurry, bustle
Ffrystio = v. to hurry off
Ffwdan = n. bustle, hurry
Herwa = v. to scout, to hurry
Rhawtio = v. to hurry on
Hurry, (n.)
The dispatch of bunglers.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)The dispatch of bunglers.
Noun
1. a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door"
(synonym) haste
(hypernym) urgency
(derivation) rush
2. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste"
(synonym) haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation
(hypernym) speed, swiftness, fastness
(hyponym) abruptness, precipitateness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenness
(derivation) rush, hasten, look sharp, festinate
3. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"
(synonym) haste, rush, rushing
(hypernym) motion, movement, move
(hyponym) dash, bolt
(derivation) travel rapidly, speed, zip
Verb
1. move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
(synonym) travel rapidly, speed, zip
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) flit, flutter, fleet, dart
(derivation) haste, rush, rushing
2. act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"
(synonym) rush, hasten, look sharp, festinate
(hypernym) act, move
(derivation) haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation
3. urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!"
(synonym) rush
(hypernym) urge, urge on, press, exhort
(cause) rush, hasten, look sharp, festinate
(derivation) haste
Hurry Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Hurry can refer to:
- Hurry (EP), an EP by Tin Foil Phoenix
- Hurrying, a child employed in a coal mine to transport coal
- Hurry, a curling term
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Hurry Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
Hurry Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
The 'H' 
hands, palms facing each other and held about six inches apart, shake alternately up and down. One hand alone may be used.
