hurry
/ˈhʌ.ɹi/noun, verb2 syllables
Hurry means: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness).
Synonyms for hurry12
noun, as in overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
noun, as in a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
verb, as in act at high speed
verb, as in urge to an unnatural speed
What does hurry mean?6
noun
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)“he soon regretted his haste”
the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner“in his haste to leave he forgot his book”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry“in a hurry to lock the door”
verb
act at high speed“We have to rush!”
move very fast“The runner zipped past us at breakneck pace”
urge to an unnatural speed“Don't rush me, please!”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with hurry?7
Hurry in a sentence
- If you don't hurry, you'll miss the train.CK
- Hurry up, and you will be able to catch the train.Swift
- If you hurry, you'll catch up with him.CK
- Hurry up, and you will be in time for school.CC
- Hurry up, and you will be in time for the bus.CK
- If you hurry up, you will be in time.CK
- Having been written in a hurry, this letter has many mistakes in it.CM
- Hurry up, and you can catch the bus.CK
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Forms of hurry
as a noun
- plural
- hurries
as a verb
- past tense
- hurried
- present participle
- hurrying
- third-person singular
- hurries
- past participle
- hurried