Hurry | Mean of hurry in English Dictionary
/ˈhɚri/
- Verb
- to move, act, or go quickly
- Take your time. There's no need to hurry.
- She hurried off to her class.
- He hurried after her.
- They hurried past us.
- Hurry (back) home now.
- We hurried through the lesson so that we could finish early.
- We'll miss our flight if we don't hurry. = If we don't hurry we'll miss our flight.
- If we don't hurry up we'll miss our flight.
- Hurry up! We're going to be late!
- to make (someone) move, act, or go quickly
- She hates to be hurried [=rushed] at dinner.
- The teacher hurried us through the lesson.
- Somebody needs to hurry them up so we can leave.
- Could you hurry it up a little please? [=could you please do what you are doing a little more quickly?]
- to carry or send (someone or something) more quickly than usual
- They hurried the children off to bed.
- A messenger hurried [=rushed] the package across town.
- to increase the speed of (something)
- He heard the train coming and hurried his pace. [=he began to walk more quickly]
- to do (something) quickly or too quickly
- Don't hurry [=rush] your homework.
- The quarterback was forced to hurry his throw.
- Noun
- a need to do something more quickly than usual
- “Come on, let's go.” “What's the (big) hurry?” [=why do we need to hurry?]
- Why the hurry?
- Take your time. There's no (great) hurry.
- In her hurry to leave she forgot her briefcase.
- very quickly
- The weather got worse in a hurry.
- feeling a strong need to move, act, or go quickly
- He was in too much of a hurry to stop and say hello.
- teenagers who are in a (big) hurry to grow up [=who are eager to grow up; who want to grow up quickly]
- We're not in a/any hurry. = We're in no hurry. [=we do not need to hurry; we have plenty of time]
- It was getting late, but our guests were not in a/any hurry to leave. = Our guests were in no hurry to leave. [=we wanted our guests to leave, but they did not seem to want to leave]
- I'm in no (particular/big/great) hurry to go to the dentist.
