Hurry
Hurry , transitive verb
[Old English horien; compare OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Swedish hurr great haste, Danish hurre to buzz, Icelandic hurr hurly-burly, Middle High German hurren to hurry, and English hurr, whir to hurry; all prob. of imitative origin.]
1.
To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
Impetuous lust hurries him on.
They hurried him abroad a bark.
2.
To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
And wild amazement hurries up and down
The little number of your doubtful friends.
3.
To cause to be done quickly.
Hurry , intransitive verb
To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry.
Collocations (1)
To hurry up , to make haste. [Colloquial]
Hurry , noun
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.