n. & v.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1. a great haste. b (with neg. or interrog.) a need for haste (there is no hurry; what's the hurry?).
2 (often foll. by for, or to + infin.) eagerness to get a thing done quickly.
--v. (-ies, -ied)
1. move or act with great or undue haste.
2 tr. (often foll. by away, along) cause to move or proceed in this way.
3 tr. (as hurried adj.) hasty; done rapidly owing to lack of time.
Phrases and idioms:
hurry along (or up) make or cause to make haste. in a hurry
1. hurrying, rushed; in a rushed manner.
2 colloq. easily or readily (you will not beat that in a hurry; shall not ask again in a hurry).
Derivatives:
hurriedly adv. hurriedness n.
Etymology: 16th c.: imit.