Search results
- DictionaryHur·ry/ˈhərē/
verb
- 1. move or act with great haste: "we'd better hurry"
noun
- 1. great haste: "in my hurry to leave I knocked over a pile of books"
Hurry definition: to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up). See examples of HURRY used in a sentence.
to move or do things more quickly than normal or to make someone do this: to hurry away/ home. Please hurry, the train is about to leave. [ + to do sth ] We had to hurry to get there on time. Fewer examples. I heard a crash and hurried into the kitchen. The telephone rang and she hurried to pick it up. He hurried down the corridor.
Definition of hurry verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To hurry is to rush, or to move quickly. If you're late for a movie and you don't want to miss the beginning, you'll have to hurry into the theater, not stopping to buy popcorn.
very quickly or more quickly than usual. He had to leave in a hurry. not having enough time to do something. Sorry, I haven't got time to do it now—I'm in a hurry. Alice was in a tearing hurry as usual. I was late for work and in a big hurry. in a hurry to do something. impatient to do something. My daughter is in such a hurry to grow up.
hurry. verb. /ˈhəri/ Verb Forms. [intransitive] to do something more quickly than usual because there is not much time synonym rush You'll have to hurry if you want to catch that train. The kids hurried to open their presents.
4 days ago · Definition of 'hurry' Word Frequency. hurry. (hɜri , hʌr- ) Word forms: hurries3rd person singular present tense, hurrying present participle, hurried past tense past participle. 1. intransitive verb. If you hurry somewhere, you go there as quickly as you can. Claire hurried along the road.
