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    [Verb]  | "hur*ry" | \ ˈhər-ē \


    1: to carry or cause to go with haste

    2: to impel to rash or precipitate action

    3: to impel to greater speed : prod

    Origin: 1592 ;

     Perhaps from Middle English horyen;

    [Noun]  | "hurry" 


    1: disturbed or disorderly activity : commotion

    2: agitated and often bustling or disorderly haste

    3: a state of eagerness or urgency : rush

    Origin: 1600 ;

     See: ;

    [Noun]  | "hur*ry-scur*ry" | \ ˌhər-ē-ˈskər-ē \


    1: a confused rush : turmoil

    Origin: 1754 ;

     Reduplication of {see: |hurry:2|hurry:2};

    [Adjective]  | "hur*ry-up" | \ ˈhər-ē-ˌəp \


    1: speeded up : completed in a hurry

    Origin: 1902 ;

    [Idiom]  | "hurry it up" 


    1: to do what one is doing more quickly

    [Idiom]  | "hurry up and wait" 


    1: —used to describe a situation in which one is forced to spend a lot of time waiting —sometimes used as a noun phrase

    [Idiom]  | "in no hurry" 


    1: feeling no need to move, act, or go quickly

    [Idiom]  | "not in any/a hurry" 


    1: feeling no need to move, act, or go quickly

    [Noun]  | "hurry" 


    1: excited and often showy or disorderly speed;


      * e.g., " ... after all her hurry to get her report done on time, Elizabeth learned that it wasn't due till the following week "




    2: a high rate of movement or performance;


      * e.g., " ... a person who does everything in a hurry "




    3: a state of noisy, confused activity;


      * e.g., " ... in all the hurry of the modern world, people tend to forget what's really important "



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    [Noun]  | "hurry-scurry" 


    1: a state of noisy, confused activity;


      * e.g., " ... for all the hurry-scurry you would have thought that the guests were the British royal family and not my in-laws "



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    [Noun]  | "hurry-scurries" 


    1: a state of noisy, confused activity;


      * e.g., " ... for all the hurry-scurry you would have thought that the guests were the British royal family and not my in-laws "



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    [Verb]  | "hurry" 


    1: to cause to move or proceed fast or faster;


      * e.g., " ... the new nurses were hurried through the orientation program because they were so desperately needed on the ward "




    2: to proceed or move quickly;


      * e.g., " ... if we hurry, we'll make the four o'clock train "




    [Phrase]  | "in a hurry" 


    1: with great speed;


      * e.g., " ... They left in a hurry upon receiving the phone call. "




     [ "hurry" ]

    1: In curling, a word shouted by the skip telling the sweepers to sweep harder.

      * e.g.,  ... The skip yelled, "hurry!" and the sweepers carried the rock to the button. 

     [ "no hurries" ]

    1: Take your time with that!

      * e.g.,  ... No hurries, send me the wafers at your convenience. 

     [ "no hurries" ]

    2: This is a permutation of the now ubiquitous Australian phrase "no worries"

     [ "Hurry" ]

    1: To be in a rush and not really paying attention to your surroundings.

      * e.g.,  ... “Olivia was is a hurry trying to get ready for the zoom meeting cause she was late ;-;” 

     [ "Hurry" ]

    1: Nickname given to the Hawker Hurricane, A British WWII fighter. Made a name for itself during the Battle of Britian, where Hurricanes and Spitfires bravley defended British cities from attack by German bombers.

     [ "hurry it" ]

    1: Ordering someone to quickly do what they are told to do. Usually in a pissed off tone.

      * e.g.,  ... Gabe: Hey are you almost ready for me? 

     [ "Hurry" ]

    1: It means "I love you"

      * e.g.,  ... Clorke: "no I was just gonna say" *Pause* 

     [ "Hurry Sundown!" ]

    1: This phrase is used by people who want time to move quickly, so they may move on with their lives, ala prison release, military discharge, school graduation...

      * e.g.,  ... The inmate said "3 weeks until I flatten this time, so Hurry Sundown!" 

     [ "Hurry Shitter" ]

    1: A product for gastrointestinally challenged Baby Boomers marketed by the makers of the Hurry Cane which is essentially a rolling toilet on wheels.

      * e.g.,  ... You don’t have to get off the pot to take a sunset walk when you take it on the Hurry Shitter! 

     [ "hurry call" ]

    1: An emergency bowel movement. Usually occuring in a location without adequate toilet facilities. Often after consuming greasy, spicy Mexican food. May result in soiled undergarments

      * e.g.,  ... Yikes, I finished off that greasy carnitas burrito and had a hurry call at CompUSA! I shit myself and had to leave my underdrawers behind! 

     [ "hurri-kanye" ]

    1: When someone interrupts your speach to indirectly insult you.

      * e.g.,  ... Did you see the hurri-kanye in the middle of the VMA's last night? 

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