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hurry

ˈhəri
WordNet
Diana is depicted in a hurrying posture on a square plinth. She is standing slightly forward on the left leg and has the right foot back and off the ground. With one hand she grabs back over the shoulder for an arrow in the quiver hanging from her back, in the other hand she holds the bow. She is accompanied on her left by a greyhound looking up at her. She wears a diadem and sandals and is dressed in a loose hanging chiton, which is gathered at the waist and partly hidden under the rolled-up cloak, which hangs from her left shoulder and is wrapped around the waist.
Diana is depicted in a hurrying posture on a square plinth. She is standing slightly forward on the left leg and has the right foot back and off the ground. With one hand she grabs back over the shoulder for an arrow in the quiver hanging from her back, in the other hand she holds the bow. She is accompanied on her left by a greyhound looking up at her. She wears a diadem and sandals and is dressed in a loose hanging chiton, which is gathered at the waist and partly hidden under the rolled-up cloak, which hangs from her left shoulder and is wrapped around the waist.
  1. (v) hurry
    urge to an unnatural speed "Don't rush me, please!"
  2. (v) hurry
    act or move at high speed "We have to rush!","hurry--it's late!"
  3. (v) hurry
    move very fast "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
  4. (n) hurry
    the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"
  5. (n) hurry
    overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) "he soon regretted his haste"
  6. (n) hurry
    a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry "in a hurry to lock the door"
Illustrations
The flooding of the Diemerzeedijk near Amsterdam, during the flood of November 14-18, 1775. People hurried to fortify the dyke. To the right the sea.
The flooding of the Diemerzeedijk near Amsterdam, during the flood of November 14-18, 1775. People hurried to fortify the dyke. To the right the sea.
The French troops hurriedly leave Dordrecht, 19 November 1813.
The French troops hurriedly leave Dordrecht, 19 November 1813.
Against a starry night sky, a young woman hurries through the white houses on her way to her lover, holding an oil lamp that she covers with her headscarf. The image is pasted on a beige sheet with gold paint splashed and framed by a narrow gold border in black and red framing lines.
Against a starry night sky, a young woman hurries through the white houses on her way to her lover, holding an oil lamp that she covers with her headscarf. The image is pasted on a beige sheet with gold paint splashed and framed by a narrow gold border in black and red framing lines.
Funeral of Daniël Raap in Oude Kerk in Amsterdam at night in 1754. Men hurriedly lower the coffin with ropes into the ground while the interior of the church is illuminated by a chandelier and the burning torches of those present.
Funeral of Daniël Raap in Oude Kerk in Amsterdam at night in 1754. Men hurriedly lower the coffin with ropes into the ground while the interior of the church is illuminated by a chandelier and the burning torches of those present.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Hurry
    The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion. "Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and puts into a violent hurry of thought."
  2. Hurry
    To cause to be done quickly.
  3. Hurry
    To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. "Impetuous lust hurries him on.", "They hurried him abroad a bark."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. hurry
    To hasten; urge forward or onward; impel to greater rapidity of movement or action.
  2. hurry
    To impel to violent or thoughtless action; urge to confused or imprudent activity.
  3. hurry
    To draw, as a corf or wagon, in a coal-mine.
  4. hurry
    Synonyms Hasten, Hurry (see hasten, v. i.); precipitate.
  5. hurry
    To flurry.
  6. hurry
    To move or act with haste.
  7. hurry
    To move or act with undue haste or with precipitation.
  8. hurry
    Synonyms Hasten, Hurry. See hasten, v. i.
  9. (n) hurry
    The act of hurrying. The act of making haste; rapid movement or action; also, urgency; bustle; haste.
  10. (n) hurry
    Excessive haste; precipitation; hence, agitation; confusion.
  11. (n) hurry
    A timber staging with spouts running from it, used in loading vessels with coal.
  12. (n) hurry
    In dram, music, a tremolando passage for violins or tympani in connection with an exciting situation.
  13. (n) hurry
    Synonyms Haste (see hasten, v. i.), flurry, flutter.
  14. (n) hurry
    In physical, a proposed unit of acceleration; an acceleration of one foot per second per second.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.t) Hurry
    hur′i to urge forward: to hasten
  2. (v.i) Hurry
    to move or act with haste:—pa.p. hurr′ied
  3. (n) Hurry
    a driving forward: haste: tumult: a tremolando passage for violins, &c., in connection with an exciting situation
  4. (adv) Hurry
    confusedly
Quotations
Robert Browning
What's a man's age? He must hurry more, that's all; Cram in a day, what his youth took a year to hold.
Robert Browning
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jean Cocteau
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
Jean Cocteau
Matthew Arnold
Journalism is literature in a hurry.
Matthew Arnold
Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
Zig Ziglar
Arnold Bennett
A first-rate Organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.
Arnold Bennett
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 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

Usage in the news

Tickets are available now at the box office through showtime…it will sell out, hurry. newstalk870.am

Two of baseball's fastest-starting pitchers have slowed down in a hurry, though for slightly different reasons. espn.go.com

I'm talking about making a promise of spending "quality time" with someone we care about, a precious and valuable experience in these hurried and harried times. smokymountainnews.com

I'd have to say that almost everyone will be in "hurry" mode. sonorannews.com

Taking off in a hurry. bjtonline.com

At Rotee, one of the best dishes to hurry out of the oven is the fish tandoori ($9.99). sfgate.com

If Echo and the Bunnymen doesn't hurry up and release The Fountain, every other band in England is going to beat them to it. blog.newsok.com

The cliche that 'everybody is always in a hurry' is true in art too. nyc.org

Back in 1941, when the air station was being hurriedly built, the first Victory Homes on top of Eerkes Hill were the ones in the circle overlooking the Seaplane Base and the town. hidbeynewstimes.com

George Rupp has always seemed to be a man in a hurry. nytimes.com

Koch knew to hurry up and hit. golfweek.com

Dirk Nowitzki hurried off the court after the Dallas Mavericks won the NBA championship. espn1420.com

A young man in a hurry spends little time waiting. nj.com

Hurrying drivers and walking students. timesobserver.com

E verybody agrees that the bipartisan deficit super committee had better hurry up and strike a deal to cut the federal budget by $1.2 trillion so it can meet its November 23 deadline. tnr.com

Usage in scientific papers

In particular, the discussion of crossed products can be ignored by the reader in a hurry.
A note on topological amenability

This consequence of the Schr¨odinger equation thus leads to the impression (for separate observers) that all “other” components have “hurried out of existence” as soon as decoherence has become irreversible for all practical purposes.
Decoherence: Basic Concepts and Their Interpretation

The hurried reader will find the main points summarized in § 6.
Issues for the Next Generation of Galaxy Surveys

We chose weights corresponding to local Gabor filters to purposely capture regularities corresponding to the natural statistics of many perceptual inputs, such as natural images (Hyvarinen, Hurri & Hoyer 2009).
Intracluster Moves for Constrained Discrete-Space MCMC

Hyvarinen, A., Hurri, J. & Hoyer, P. (2009).
Intracluster Moves for Constrained Discrete-Space MCMC

Usage in literature

They hurried on to a spot they knew the Spaniards must pass. "The Golden Grasshopper" by W.H.G. Kingston

Just at that moment I saw a man hurrying up the path which led into the village from the valley below. "Manco, the Peruvian Chief" by W.H.G. Kingston

As soon as he had turned the key in the door, they hurried to the table, and eagerly devoured some of the bread and cheese. "From Powder Monkey to Admiral" by W.H.G. Kingston

They hurried on, keeping as much as possible in the open ground. "The Three Admirals" by W.H.G. Kingston

I hurried to see what had occurred. "Hurricane Hurry" by W.H.G. Kingston

Mr Ferris hurried back to the chief magistrate of the town, who at once sent down a guard to march them off to the jail. "The Missing Ship" by W. H. G. Kingston

When she at length released me, I hurried out to tell Larry, Dan Bourke, and the rest of the domestics. "Paddy Finn" by W. H. G. Kingston

Hurrying forward, to my infinite satisfaction I found the hare safe on the spit and almost done. "Snow Shoes and Canoes" by William H. G. Kingston

Scarcely, however, had he commenced operations, when young Roger hurried into the hall. "Roger Willoughby" by William H. G. Kingston

We hurried on deck, where the officers and the watch below with the idlers had assembled. "The Two Supercargoes" by W.H.G. Kingston

Usage in poetry
But the eager crowd still hurried on,
Too busy to pause or heed,
When a voice rang sadly through my soul,
You must staunch these wounds that bleed.
"Go Work in My Vineyard" by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Author object (211)
And beautiful it is to catch Thy smile
Amid the rush, the hurrying flow of mind;
To feel Thy glance upon us all the while,
Most Holy and most Kind!
"The Still Hour" by Lucy Larcom Author object (452)
We have ascended to this paradise,
Make-believe angels hurrying to our choirs.
Imagination is our Sunday vice;
We are alone, alone with our desires.
"The Attic" by Henri Coulette
He left his house but seldom--then
Would always hurry back again,
As though he feared some stranger's knock,
Finding him gone, might burst the lock.
"Mr. What's-His-Name" by James Whitcomb Riley Author object (339)
London wakened and he, imperturbable,
Passed from waking to hurry after shadows . . .
Busied upon shows of no earthly importance?
Yes, but he knew it!
"The Craftsman" by Rudyard Kipling Author object (589)
THE post-boy drove with fierce career,
For threatening clouds the moon had drowned;
When, as we hurried on, my ear
Was smitten with a startling sound.
"Alice Fell, Or Poverty" by William Wordsworth