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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hurry \hur"ry\, v. i.
   to move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or
   precipitation; as, let us hurry.
   1913 webster

   to hurry up, to make haste. colloq.
      1913 webster
see also:
to hurry up 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      1913 webster

            impetuous lust hurries him on.        --south.
      1913 webster

            they hurried him abroad a bark.       --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to
      confused or irregular activity.
      1913 webster

            and wild amazement hurries up and down
            the little number of your doubtful friends. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to cause to be done quickly.

   syn: to hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate;
        urge.
        1913 webster
see also:
hurried hurrying 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hurry \hur"ry\, n.
   the act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency;
   bustle; confusion.
   1913 webster

         ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the
         mind, and puts into a violent hurry of thought.
                                                  --addison.

   syn: haste; speed; dispatch. see haste.
        1913 webster
see also:
haste 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
hurry
     n 1: a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a
          hurry to lock the door" syn: haste
     2: overly eager speed and possible carelessness; "he soon
        regretted his haste" syn: haste, hastiness, hurriedness,
         precipitation
     3: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in
        his haste to leave he forgot his book" syn: haste, rush,
         rushing
     v 1: move very fast; "the runner zipped past us at breakneck
          speed" syn: travel rapidly, speed, zip
     2: act or move at high speed; "we have to rush"; "hurry--it's
        late" syn: rush, hasten, look sharp, festinate
     3: urge to an unnatural speed; "don't rush me, please" syn: rush
        ant: delay
     also: hurried
see also:
haste hastiness hurriedness precipitation rush rushing 
travel rapidly speed zip hasten look sharp 
festinate delay hurried 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
173 moby thesaurus words for "hurry":
   accelerate, ado, agitation, air speed, bolt, brouhaha, bundle,
   bustle, buzz about, career, celerity, chase, cheer on, commotion,
   crowd, dart, dash, dash off, dash on, dig out, dispatch, disquiet,
   disturbance, dither, double-time, drive, drive on, eagerness,
   ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, egg, egg on,
   embroilment, expedite, expedition, expeditiousness, fastness,
   feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, festinate, flight, fling, flit,
   flurry, flutter, fly, forward, fume, fuss, get cracking, get going,
   get moving, goad on, ground speed, haste, hasten, hasten off,
   hasten on, helter-skelter, hie, hie on, hound on, hump, hump it,
   hurly-burly, hurry about, hurry along, hurry away, hurry on,
   hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hurtle, hustle, hustle up,
   instantaneousness, knots, leap, light out, lightning speed,
   lose no time, make a fuss, make haste, miles per hour,
   move quickly, nip, nip off, pell-mell, perturbation, plunge, post,
   pother, precipitate, precipitation, press, press on, promptitude,
   promptness, push, push on, push through, quicken, quickness, race,
   railroad through, rapidity, root on, round pace, rpm, ruffle, run,
   rush, rush about, rush along, rush around, rush through, rustle,
   scamper, scamper off, scoot, scour, scramble, scud, scurry,
   scuttle, shake a leg, shoot, skedaddle, skin out, snappiness,
   speed, speed along, speed on, speed up, speediness, spur, spur on,
   spurt, stampede, step on it, stew, stir, sweat, swift rate,
   swiftness, swirl, swirling, tear, tear around, tear off, tear out,
   to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, upset, urge, urge on,
   urgency, velocity, vortex, whip, whip along, whip off, whip on,
   whirl, whiz about, whiz off, yeastiness




[6] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
hurry, n.  the dispatch of bunglers.




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