hurry

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To do something or move quickly because there is little time.

   If you don't hurry, you'll miss the bus.

2. 2
   noun

   A need to do something quickly; a rush.

   Why are you in such a hurry?

3. 3
   verb

   To make someone or something move or happen faster.

   She hurried the children out of the door.

Common collocations

• great hurry Adjective + noun
• terrible hurry Adjective + noun

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.

Topics