hurry
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[edit] Etymology
Of imitative origin
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[edit] Noun
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hurry (countable and uncountable; plural hurries)
- Rushed action. When one is "in a hurry" (adverbial phrase) it means one is doing things quickly and often impatiently.
- (countable)(sports) In American football, an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.
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rushed action
(American football) an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to
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to hurry (third-person singular simple present hurries, present participle hurrying, simple past and past participle hurried)
- To do things quickly.
- He's hurrying because he's late.
- Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
- If you don't hurry you wont finish on time.
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:rush (hurry)
[edit] Translations
to do things quickly
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to speed up the rate
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