## Meanings
1. To do something or move quickly because there is little time.
2. A need to do something quickly; a rush.
3. To make someone or something move or happen faster.

## Examples
- If you don't hurry, you'll miss the bus.
- Why are you in such a hurry?
- She hurried the children out of the door.

## Derived Forms
- hurrier
- hurrisome
- hurry-scurry
- hurry-skurry
- hurrysome
- overhurry
- unhurriable

## Related Forms
- haste

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: horien
- Root: *hurzaną
- Root: *ḱers-

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Hurry comes 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. In current use, the main senses are “To do something or move quickly because there is little time” and “A need to do something quickly; a rush”.

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