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hurry

noun
/ˈhʌ.ɹi/UK/ˈhʌ.ɹi/US/ˈhɝ.i/

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. Alternative etymology derives hurry as a variant of harry.

  1. derived from *ḱers-✻
  2. inherited from *hurzaną✻
  3. inherited from horien

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…

    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. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.

    2. To do things quickly.

      • He's hurrying because he's late.
      • There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.

    3. Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.

      • If you don't hurry (up) you won't finish on time.

    4. To cause to be done quickly.

    5. To hasten

      To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

      • the rapid Stream presently draws him in , carries him away , and hurries him down violently.
      • They hurried him aboard a bark.

    6. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action

      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.

    7. To put

      To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.

      • Elizabeth Day, aged seventeen […] "I have been nearly nine years in the pit. I trapped for two years when I first went, and have hurried ever since. I have hurried for my father until a year ago. I have to help to riddle and fill, […]

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Derived

hurrisome, hurry-furry merger, hurry-scurry, hurry sickness, hurry-skurry, hurrysome, in a hurry, hurrier, overhurry, unhurriable

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hurry. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at hurry. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at hurry

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA