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hurry

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noun/ˈhʌ.ɹi//ˈhɝ.i//ˈhʊ.ɹi/
  1. 1

    A rushed action.countableuncountable

    • Why are you in such a big hurry?
  2. 2

    An urgency.countableuncountable

    • There is no hurry on that paperwork.
  3. 3

    An incidence of a defensive pressure that forces the quarterback to throw the ball earlier than intended or rush their decision, often leading to an incomplete pass or failed play.countableuncountable

    • At Alabama, Jedrick Wills Jr. anchored the right side of the offensive line for two years, allowing only one sack and three-and-a-half quarterback hurries on 714 snaps last season.
  4. 4

    A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.countableuncountable

verb/ˈhʌ.ɹi//ˈhɝ.i//ˈhʊ.ɹi/
  1. 1

    To do things quickly.intransitive

    • He's hurrying because he's late.
  2. 2

    Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.intransitive

    • If you don't hurry (up) you won't finish on time.
  3. 3

    To cause to be done quickly.transitive

  4. 4

    To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.transitive

    • the rapid Stream presently draws him in , carries him away , and hurries him down violently.
    • They hurried him aboard a bark.
  5. 5

    To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.transitive

    • And wild amazement hurries up and down / The little number of your doubtful friends.
  6. 6

    To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.

    • Elizabeth Day, aged seventeen […] "I have been nearly nine years in the pit. I trapped for two years when I first went, and have hurried ever since. I have hurried for my father until a year ago. I have to help to riddle and fill, […]

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