HURRY definition: to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed byup ). See examples of hurry used in a sentence.

haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch mean quickness in movement or action. haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness.

HURRY meaning: 1. to move or do things more quickly than normal or to make someone do this: 2. the need to move…. Learn more.

If you are in a hurry to do something, you need or want to do something quickly. If you do something in a hurry, you do it quickly or suddenly. Kate was in a hurry to grow up, eager for knowledge and …

a. easily: you won't beat him in a hurry. b. willingly: we won't go there again in a hurry.

v.i. to move, proceed, or act with haste (often fol. by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain. v.t. to drive, carry, or cause to move or perform with speed. to hasten; urge forward (often fol. by …

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.

Definition of hurry verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

HURRY meaning: 1 : to move, act, or go quickly often + up; 2 : to make (someone) move, act, or go quickly often + up

• I won't be hurrying to try it again. hurry somebody into (doing) something • I was in no hurry to look into it. • I hurried to get into my clothes-but I couldn't find my shoes anywhere.