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- Dictionaryhurry/ˈhʌri/
verb
- 1. move or act with great haste: "we'd better hurry" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. great haste: "in my hurry to leave I knocked over a pile of books"
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to move or do things more quickly than normal or to make someone do this: Hurry or you'll be late. [ + to infinitive ] She hurried to answer the phone. be hurried into I refuse to be hurried into a decision (= to be forced to make a decision too quickly).
The meaning of HURRY is to carry or cause to go with haste. How to use hurry in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Hurry.
1. Activity or motion that is often unduly hurried; haste: I forgot my gloves in my hurry to catch the bus. See Synonyms at haste. 2. The need or wish to hurry; a condition of urgency: in no hurry to leave. [Possibly Middle English horien, perhaps variant of harien, to harass; see harry.] hur′ri·er n.
Hurry definition: to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up). See examples of HURRY used in a sentence.
If you are in a hurry to do something, you need or want to do something quickly. If you do something in a hurry, you do it quickly or suddenly. Kate was in a hurry to grow up, eager for knowledge and experience. Eric left the barge in a hurry. Synonyms: rush, haste, speed, urgency More Synonyms of hurry. 4. verb B2.
To hurry is to rush, or to move quickly. If you're late for a movie and you don't want to miss the beginning, you'll have to hurry into the theater, not stopping to buy popcorn. When you're out for a walk and the sun begins to set, you might hurry home before it gets dark — in other words, move rapidly, or in haste.
(informal) used to say that somebody does not want to do something again because it was not pleasant or fun. I won't be going there again in a hurry—the food was terrible. See hurry in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
verb. /ˈhʌri/ /ˈhɜːri/ Verb Forms. Phrasal Verbs. [intransitive] to move or act quickly because there is not much time synonym rush. You'll have to hurry if you want to catch that train. We need to hurry or we'll be late for school. hurry to do something The kids hurried to open their presents.
n. a state of urgency or eagerness: to be in a hurry to meet a train.
hurry meaning, definition, what is hurry: to do something or go somewhere more qui...: Learn more.
