hurryn.

Brit.

/ˈhʌri/, U.S.

/ˈhəri/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s hurrey, hurrie.

Etymology: Hurry noun and verb, with the exception of a doubtful Middle English instance of the latter, are known only from end of 16th cent.; it is uncertain which of them has priority etymologically, and the order of sense-development is not clear. In the earliest cited instances the noun is identical in sense with hurly n.¹; so hurry-burry with hurly-burly. With these compare also modern Dutch herrie, hurrie, agitation, bustle, disorder, tumult. The earliest cited instances of the verb, on the other hand, go with branch II of the noun, and point to more immediate onomatopoeic origin, the element hurr being naturally used in various languages to express the sound of rapid vibration, and the rapid motion which it accompanies. Thus Middle High German and German hurren to whir, Swedish and Norwegian dialect hurra to whir, whizz, whirl round, Danish hurre to whir, Icelandic hurr hurly-burly, noise.

I. Senses relating to commotion or confusion.

†1.

a. Commotion or agitation, physical, social, or political; disturbance, tumult. (With or without a and plural.) Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun]

winOE

torpelness?c1225

disturbance1297

workc1325

disturblingc1330

farec1330

frapec1330

disturbing1340

troublingc1340

blunderc1375

unresta1382

hurling1387

perturbationc1400

turbationc1400

rumblec1405

roara1413

rumourc1425

sturblance1435

troublec1435

stroublance1439

hurlc1440

hurly-burlyc1440

ruffling1440

stourc1440

rumblingc1450

sturbancec1450

unquietness?c1450

conturbationc1470

ruption1483

stir1487

wanrufe?a1505

rangat?a1513

business1514

turmoil1526

blommera1529

blunderinga1529

disturbation1529

bruyllie1535

garboil1543

bruslery1546

agitation1547

frayment1549

turmoiling1550

whirl1552

confusion1555

troublesomeness1561

rule1567

rummage1575

rabble1579

tumult1580

hurlement1585

rabblement1590

disturb1595

welter1596

coil1599

hurly1600

hurry1600

commotion1616

remotion1622

obturbation1623

stirrance1623

tumultuation1631

commoving1647

roiling1647

spudder1650

suffle1650

dissettlement1654

perturbancy1654

fermentationa1661

dissettledness1664

ferment1672

roil1690

hurry-scurry1753

vortex1761

rumpus1768

widdle1789

gilravagea1796

potheration1797

moil1824

festerment1833

burly1835

fidge1886

static1923

comess1944

frammis1946

bassa-bassa1956

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > political unrest > [noun] > instance of

uproar1526

commotion1540

hurry1600

cataclysm1861

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxviii. 1003 The tumult still encreased, and the multitude was all up on a hurrey.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vi. 4 The present peace, And quietnesse of the people, which before Were in wilde hurry .

1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker ii. sig. D3 What thousand noyses passe through all the roomes? What cryes and hurries?

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος Ep. Ded. sig. c In a turbulent Sea, where there is nothing but a Chaos of hurry, and confusion.

1762 J. Wesley Jrnl. 6 Sept. A poor man began to make some tumult. But many cried out, ‘Constables, take him away’. They did so, and the hurry was over.

1843 R. R. Madden United Irishmen 2nd Ser. II. xx. 433 In the south of Ireland, the rebellion of 1798 is designated by a term..indicative of the confusion attendant on an insurrection. The people call it ‘the hurry’.

†b. concrete. A confused crowd, a mob. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered > large or numerous > disorderly

frapec1330

rabblea1398

rafflea1450

unlawful assembly1485

rabblement1543

rabble rout?1589

ringat-rangata1600

hurry1620

ribble-rabble1635

tempest1746

cohue1850

pig pile1880

dog pile1921

scrimmage1968

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1896) III. 54 For all your Pharaos, your Ptolomies..your Caesars..with all the hurrie (if I may so terme them) of your infinite Princes, Monarchs, Lords, Medes,..Persians, Grecians, and Barbarians.

1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 55 The Pavement sounds with trampling Feet, And the mixt Hurry barricades the Street.

†2. Mental agitation or disturbance; excitement; perturbation. (Also with plural.) Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]

fever1340

motiona1398

quotidian?a1439

rufflea1535

commotion1581

fret1582

hurry1600

puddering1603

tumultuousnessa1617

trepidation1625

feverishness1638

boilingc1660

fermentationc1660

tumult1663

ferment1672

stickle1681

fuss1705

whirl1707

flurry1710

sweat1715

fluster1728

pucker1740

flutter1741

flustration1747

flutteration1753

tremor1753

swithera1768

twitteration1775

state1781

stew1806

scrow1808

tumultuating1815

flurrification1822

tew1825

purr1842

pirr1856

tête montée1859

go1866

faff1874

poultry flutter1876

palaver1878

thirl1879

razzle-dazzle1885

nervism1887

flurry-scurry1888

fikiness1889

foment1889

dither1891

swivet1892

flusterment1895

tither1896

overwroughtness1923

mania1925

stumer1932

tizzy1935

two and eight1938

snit1939

tizz1953

tiswas1960

wahala1966

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun]

stirringc888

maleasea1300

uneasea1300

diseasec1330

perturbationa1382

unrestfulnessc1384

disturbancea1387

unroc1390

distroublancea1400

perturbancec1425

unquietnessc1460

inquietation1461

conturbationc1470

unheart's-ease1470

distroubling1487

wanease15..

inquietness?1504

unrufe1508

sturt1513

pertroublancea1522

inquieting1527

unquieting1548

turmoiling1550

unquiet1551

agitation?1555

storm1569

wanrest1570

discountenance1577

float1579

disquiet1581

brangling1584

diseasefulnessa1586

restlessness1597

hurry1600

disturbancy1603

disquietment1606

disordera1616

laruma1616

uneasinessa1616

diseasementa1617

discomposture1622

discomposition1624

whirr1628

discomposednessa1631

discomposure1632

pother1638

incomposedness1653

inquietude1658

uneasefulness1661

toss1666

disquietednessa1680

intranquillitya1699

disquietude1709

bosom-broil1742

discomfort1779

rufflement1806

feeze1825

uncomfortableness1828

discomforture1832

astasia1839

dysphoria1842

purr1842

peacelessness1852

palaver1899

perturbment1901

heebie-jeebies1923

wahala1966

agita1979

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ix. xxiv. 331 I will for my part set all presently in a hurrie [L. terrore implebo].

1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 162 Void of all material passions, and terrestrial hurries.

1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica 163 There is nothing like Hurrying the Body, to divert the Hurry of the Mind.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. ii. 10 They thought it adviseable that I should not be admitted into her presence, till the hurries she was in had subsided.

1789 F. Burney Diary 18 Feb. (1842) IV. 419 He found nothing now remaining of the disorder, but too much hurry of spirits.

II. Senses related to haste or rapid motion.

a. Excited, hasty, or impetuous motion; rush. Now rare or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > a hurry

hurry1660

hurry-scurry1753

sherry1821

whew1905

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. v. 212 The motion of the Heaven, or of the Stars,..might in the first case,..both have begun, and be continued by the hurry of some aire.

1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth ii. 70 Strange, uncertain Hurries of Opake Masses hither and thither.

1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 144 My Heart is upon the hurry.

1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 530 The hurry and vigour of circulation [of the blood] are greater than at any future period.

1863 H. W. Longfellow Landlord's Tale viii, in Tales Wayside Inn 22 A hurry of hoofs in a village street.

†b. A strong impulse. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1693 C. Mather Wonders Invis. World (1862) 188 Grievous and Pulling Hurries to Self-Murder are none of the smallest outrages, which the Devil in his Temptations commits upon us.

a. Action accelerated by some pressure of circumstances, excitement, or agitation; undue or immoderate haste; the condition of being obliged to act quickly through having little time; eagerness to get something done quickly. (See also sense 5.)

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste

hiec1175

hightc1225

rapa1250

hyingc1275

rape?a1300

rekec1330

hastiheada1393

pressa1393

hastea1400

unhonea1400

racec1400

gethea1500

festination1541

festinancy1660

hurry1692

festinance1727

scurry1823

rush1849

jildi1890

1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 77 To enjoy themselves equally in the hurry of Business, and the Repose of a Private Life.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iii. 23 With what Hurry and Swiftness is the Circulation of London perform'd?

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 35 The imprudent hurry with which the first overtures from France were accepted.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 101 Much hurry of business prevents R. S. from entering further into the other queries.

1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) I. 370 Surprised at the extent and hurry of the preparations.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. iv. xv. 266 There is no hurry in the designs of God.

b. Qualified by no or any (with negative implication): Need or occasion for hurry.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 434 Sometimes he said that there was no hurry, and sometimes that he was too weak.

1899 N.E.D. at Hurry Mod. Is there any hurry?

5. Phrases (from sense 4).

a. in a hurry: In haste due to pressure, want of time, or excitement; in urgent haste.

1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 42 The other had no sooner got his Gun, but in a hurry he fires upon him; but not taking good aim, did not do any execution.

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vi. 195 He was in a great hurry, getting his spritsail-yard fore and aft.

a1773 Chesterfield in J. Trusler Princ. Politeness (1790) 61 A man of sense may be in haste, but he is never in a hurry... To be in a hurry is a proof that the business we embark in is too great for us.

1774 C. J. Phipps Voy. N. Pole 129 This instrument, though far from complete, having been constructed in a hurry for the purpose of a first experiment.

1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 124 I drew it up in a hurry, intending to transcribe it.

1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 114 While the sun shines, such an enterprise must make hay in a hurry.

1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 53 What a hurry you are in!

b. not..in a hurry, not very soon; to be in no hurry, to have plenty of time, to take one's time. (colloquial.)

ΚΠ

1778 F. Burney Evelina II. xiii. 102 He won't put his tricks upon me again, in a hurry.

1812 Lady Lyttelton Let. 28 Apr. in Corr. (1912) 132 That, you see, is very neat, and sounds as if it would not be forgotten in a hurry.

1837 C. R. Goring & A. Pritchard Micrographia 109 The late Mr. T...whose like we shall not see again in a hurry.

1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) II. viii. 595 Believing that little can be done they are in no hurry to do it.

1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. 110 Not yet liberated, nor likely to be so in a hurry.

6. Technical and specific uses.

a. A small load of hay or corn. dialect (cf. hurry v. 6).

ΚΠ

1659 in D. G. Hill Dedham (Mass.) Rec. (1894) IV. 5 No Inhabitant of this Towne shall..cutt any grasse in any of the Comon meadows..vpon the penaltie of forfieting tenn shillings for euery Loade or hurry of haye so cutt.

1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 382 Hurry, a small load of hay or corn.

b. One of the ‘spouts’ which allow coal to rush down from cars (running on a timber framework) into the hold of a ship; plural the whole framework or ‘stathe’.

ΚΠ

1794 Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 329 In this staith are fixed five hurries or spouts..the hurries or spouts lie with an inclining slope of about forty-five degrees.

c. Dramatic Music. A tremolo passage played on the violin or other instrument to accompany an exciting scene.

ΚΠ

1839 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (new ed.) 125 Then the wrongful heir comes in to two bars of quick music, (technically called ‘a hurry’).

1888 J. Stainer Stainer & Barrett's Dict. Musical Terms (ed. 3) 231 The ‘hurry’ is generally played as a preparation for the culminating point of a dramatic incident..during stage struggles or like exciting actions.

d. Dr. Lodge's proposed term for a unit of acceleration (in Physics), i.e. an acceleration of one foot per second in a second.

ΚΠ

1879 Lodge Elem. Mech. 21 (note) Suppose..we..call the unit of velocity a ‘speed’... If a name were..wanted for the unit of acceleration, or one speed per second, it might perhaps be called a ‘hurry’.

7. Used adverbially: With hurry.

1796 W. Scott William & Helen xxxvii And, hurry! hurry! off they rode.

Compounds

hurry call n. originally U.S. a call for immediate help in an emergency; a request for immediate action.

ΚΠ

1901 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 798/1 If it was a hurry call, she would send them to Gilchrist.

1908 G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock i. 11 In answer to a hurry-call from his wife to get rich.

1915 P. G. Wodehouse Something Fresh iii. 73 His friends..send in a hurry-call to police headquarters.

1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad v. 63 A wireless ‘hurry call’ was flashed out from the Yard and a Flying Squad car raced to the house.

1964 P. G. Wodehouse Frozen Assets ix. 160 Percy would be sending out hurry calls for the police.

Draft additions March 2003

hurry sickness n. Psychology a behaviour pattern characterized by an urgent and persistent need to feel busy or productive, and often an anxious, excessive preoccupation with work at the expense of relaxation and socializing.

ΚΠ

1974 M. Friedman & R. H. Roseman Type A Behaviour & your Heart vi. 70 The most significant trait of the Type A man is his habitual sense of time urgency or ‘hurry sickness’... The Type A man incessantly strives to accomplish too much or to participate in too many events.

1998 Guardian 21 Mar. (Jobs & Money section) 31/2 ‘People who are apparently successful don't believe they are and don't feel it.’ They are constantly striving, and this leads to ‘achiever fever’, to ‘hurry sickness’ and to constant anxiety, he adds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

hurryv.

Brit.

/ˈhʌri/, U.S.

/ˈhəri/

Forms: Also ?Middle English horye(n, 1600s whorry.

Etymology: See hurry n. (The order of senses is uncertain: possibly sense 3 was the earliest, as apparently in the noun.)

a. transitive. To carry, convey, or cause to go with excessive haste, under the influence of external pressure or of excitement. Frequently with along, away, down, up, in, out, etc.It is not certain that the first quot. belongs to this word.

ΚΠ

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 883 Þe ȝonge men..by þe hondez hym hent & horyed him with-inne.]

1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Fiij^v A second feare..Which madly hurries her, she knowes not whither.1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Eviij^v To Thickets feeld then was Oldcastle hurried.1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 289 Caverns, into which the poor Shepheards hurry their Flocks upon any alarm.1761 C. Johnstone Chrysal (ed. 2) II. iii. xix. 269 My master was seized, and hurried away to a prison.1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 148 I rushed out of the house, not knowing whither my steps were hurrying me.1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. v. 205 We commonplace beings are hurried along in the crowd.

b. To carry or drive with impetuosity or without deliberation to some action, conduct, or condition of mind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > cause to be done rapidly > hasten or hurry > unduly or excessively > a person to some action or condition

hurrya1616

stampede1868

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 35 Wilde amazement hurries vp and downe The little number of your doubtfull friends.

1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 104 Those raging and unruly passions, which hurry the wicked up and downe.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 4 The poor People..are furiously hurried into actions..destroying all foundations of Law and Liberty.

1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans iii. 18 Drinking hurries Men on to the worst of Vices.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. 97 To hurry you into an act of unjust aggression.

†c. To drive (anything) with rapid or impetuous motion. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 278 Exhalations..hurried about with a most violent motion.

1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth iv. 294 A Comet's Atmosphere is a very stormy Fluid, wherein Masses of Opake Matter are continually hurried about.

2. intransitive. To move or act with excited haste, or with an evident or apparent effort at speed; to press on without leisure or with great or undue haste. With adverbs as in sense 1. hurry up! make haste, increase your speed (colloquial).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with urgent speed

rempeOE

fuseOE

rakeOE

hiec1175

i-fusec1275

rekec1275

hastec1300

pellc1300

platc1300

startc1300

buskc1330

rapc1330

rapec1330

skip1338

firk1340

chase1377

raikc1390

to hie one's waya1400

catchc1400

start?a1505

spur1513

hasten1534

to make speed1548

post1553

hurry1602

scud1602

curry1608

to put on?1611

properate1623

post-haste1628

whirryc1630

dust1650

kite1854

to get a move on1888

to hump it1888

belt1890

to get (or put) one's skates on1895

hotfoot1896

to rattle one's dags1968

shimmy1969

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry > to some end or object

runOE

hurry1602

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry

hiec1250

skelta1400

hasty?a1425

hasten1534

festinate1652

to look sharp1680

to make play1799

hurry-scurry1809

to tumble up1826

crowd1838

rush1859

hurry1871

to get a move on1888

hurry and scurry1889

to buck up1890

to get a hump on1892

to get a wiggle on1896

to shake a leg1904

to smack it about1914

flurry1917

to step on it (her)1923

to make it snappy1926

jildi1930

to get an iggri on1946

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1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E2 Gastly amazement..Shall hurry on before, and vsher vs.

1613 T. Dekker Strange Horse-race 24 From his Caues..out he whorries.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. iii. 53 Liues, Honours, Lands, and all, hurrie to losse.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 141 Desp'rately he hurried through the streete.

1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 74 Near enough to hear them..and to see their Troops hurry from one place to another.

1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 49 At sun-set all must hurry inside the gates.

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. 47 They hurried off to obtain relief.

1871 H. Macmillan True Vine (1872) vi. 259 Nature never hurries, never takes leaps, never wearies.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 74 The fresh water hurrying onward to the sea.

1890 Acrobats & Mountebanks 72 ‘Walk in, walk in! ladies and gentlemen’, cries the showman... ‘Walk in, walk in! Hurry up!’

†3. transitive. To agitate, disturb, excite; to molest, harass, worry. Obsolete exc. dialect. Cf. hurry n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > upset or perturb [verb (transitive)]

to-wendc893

mingeOE

dreveOE

angerc1175

sturb?c1225

worec1225

troublec1230

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disturbc1305

movea1325

disturblec1330

drubblea1340

drovec1350

distroublec1369

tempestc1374

outsturba1382

unresta1382

stroublec1384

unquietc1384

conturb1393

mismaya1400

unquemea1400

uneasec1400

discomfita1425

smite?a1425

perturbc1425

pertrouble?1435

inquiet1486

toss1526

alter1529

disquiet1530

turmoil1530

perturbate1533

broil1548

mis-set?1553

shake1567

parbruilyiec1586

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roil1590

transpose1594

discompose1603

harrow1609

hurry1611

obturb1623

shog1636

untune1638

alarm1649

disorder1655

begruntlea1670

pother1692

disconcert1695

ruffle1701

tempestuate1702

rough1777

caddle1781

to put out1796

upset1805

discomfort1806

start1821

faze1830

bother1832

to put aback1833

to put about1843

raft1844

queer1845

rattle1865

to turn over1865

untranquillize1874

hack1881

rock1881

to shake up1884

to put off1909

to go (also pass) through a phase1913

to weird out1970

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)]

tawc893

ermec897

swencheOE

besetOE

bestandc1000

teenOE

baitc1175

grieve?c1225

war?c1225

noyc1300

pursuec1300

travailc1300

to work (also do) annoyc1300

tribula1325

worka1325

to hold wakenc1330

chase1340

twistc1374

wrap1380

cumbera1400

harrya1400

vexc1410

encumber1413

inquiet1413

molest?a1425

course1466

persecutec1475

trouble1489

sturt1513

hare1523

hag1525

hale1530

exercise1531

to grate on or upon1532

to hold or keep waking1533

infest1533

scourge1540

molestate1543

pinch1548

trounce1551

to shake upa1556

tire1558

moila1560

pester1566

importune1578

hunt1583

moider1587

bebait1589

commacerate1596

bepester1600

ferret1600

harsell1603

hurry1611

gall1614

betoil1622

weary1633

tribulatea1637

harass1656

dun1659

overharry1665

worry1671

haul1678

to plague the life out of1746

badger1782

hatchel1800

worry1811

bedevil1823

devil1823

victimize1830

frab1848

mither1848

to pester the life out of1848

haik1855

beplague1870

chevy1872

obsede1876

to get on ——1880

to load up with1880

tail-twist1898

hassle1901

heckle1920

snooter1923

hassle1945

to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946

to bust (a person's) chops1953

noodge1960

monster1967

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Harassé,..harried, molested, hurried.

1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Treasurie Auncient & Moderne Times 17/1 Then must the conscience be hurried with her owne piercings.

1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 380 As those savage Beasts do delight to kill, hurry, oppress, tear and eat the Blood of their fellow Creatures.

1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm ix. 232 So under the influence of the imagination as to have their sleep hurried with visions.

1832 H. Martineau Ireland iv. 63 Her form wasted, her spirits were hurried.

1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words (at cited word) I've been very much hurried this morning; for I've just heard of the death of my old friend T——.

4. To urge or excite to greater speed; to hasten the action, motion, or progress of; often, to hasten unduly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > cause to be done rapidly > hasten or hurry

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1713 J. Addison in Guardian 7 Sept. 1/1 I hurried my Habit, and got it ready a Week before the time.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. liv. 175 The Commons..now hurried on as much as they formerly delayed, the disbanding of the armies.

1836 London & Westm. Rev. Apr. 176 Indeed, the conclusion [of the drama] appears to be somewhat hurried up.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 55 Nor is there any good to be got in trying to hurry man or beast in Spain.

1889 L. B. Walford Stiff-necked Generation 190 Shall I ring and hurry up the tea?

reflexive.1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby v. 35 You needn't hurry yourself.1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. i. 5 There was no reason that it [sc. the express train] should hurry itself.

5. To put away, on, out, forth, etc., hurriedly or hastily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > put, bring, etc., hastily

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1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London I. ix. 208 Lady Roseville hurried away a tear that would start unbidden.

1807 R. Wilson Jrnl. 9 June in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) II. viii. 256 Hurrying on my clothes.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 86 E'er His tongue could hurry forth his fear.

1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) I. 650 When the glottis is once opened,..the stutterer..is glad to hurry out as many words as he can.

6. northern dialect. To transport or convey (= drive v. 7d; e.g., to drive a cart, drive coal). spec. in Coal Mining, To transport (the coal) from the face of the working to the bottom of the shaft (see hurrier n. 2); also absol.

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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > other (coal-)mining procedures

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1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Hurry (1) to bear, lead, or carry any~thing away. North.

1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield Hurry, to draw or move a cart. A horse hurries coals, &c.

1898 Cleckheaton Guardian 21 Oct. Joel B——, son of the deceased, said he hurried for his father.

Draft additions December 2020

U.S. colloquial. to hurry up the (also one's) cakes and variants: to do something quickly, to get a move on. Frequently in imperative. Now rare and somewhat dated.Apparently from a cry attributed to impatient waiters: see quot. 1859.

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1844 Logansport (Indiana) Tel. 24 Aug. The lawyer on his client dine, And patience him forsakes, Unless, with money in your fist You ‘Hurry up the cakes’.

1859 Athenæum 30 July 139/1 Hurry up the Cakes, i.e. Be quick; look alive. This phrase..originated in the common New York eating-houses, where it is the custom for the waiters to bawl out the name of each dish as fast as ordered.

1912 L. Arundel Motor Boat Boys on Great Lakes xxi. 198 What d'ye stand there gaping for? Can't you see I'm in danger of drowning? Hurry up your cakes, you sillies!

2009 @ramgarden 16 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 26 May 2020) I agree with @naturalkinks. Please hurry and start building these cars! Hurry up the cakes!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	hurry
释义	hurryn. Brit. /ˈhʌri/, U.S. /ˈhəri/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s hurrey, hurrie. Etymology: Hurry noun and verb, with the exception of a doubtful Middle English instance of the latter, are known only from end of 16th cent.; it is uncertain which of them has priority etymologically, and the order of sense-development is not clear. In the earliest cited instances the noun is identical in sense with hurly n.¹; so hurry-burry with hurly-burly. With these compare also modern Dutch herrie, hurrie, agitation, bustle, disorder, tumult. The earliest cited instances of the verb, on the other hand, go with branch II of the noun, and point to more immediate onomatopoeic origin, the element hurr being naturally used in various languages to express the sound of rapid vibration, and the rapid motion which it accompanies. Thus Middle High German and German hurren to whir, Swedish and Norwegian dialect hurra to whir, whizz, whirl round, Danish hurre to whir, Icelandic hurr hurly-burly, noise. I. Senses relating to commotion or confusion. †1. a. Commotion or agitation, physical, social, or political; disturbance, tumult. (With or without a and plural.) Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] winOE torpelness?c1225 disturbance1297 workc1325 disturblingc1330 farec1330 frapec1330 disturbing1340 troublingc1340 blunderc1375 unresta1382 hurling1387 perturbationc1400 turbationc1400 rumblec1405 roara1413 rumourc1425 sturblance1435 troublec1435 stroublance1439 hurlc1440 hurly-burlyc1440 ruffling1440 stourc1440 rumblingc1450 sturbancec1450 unquietness?c1450 conturbationc1470 ruption1483 stir1487 wanrufe?a1505 rangat?a1513 business1514 turmoil1526 blommera1529 blunderinga1529 disturbation1529 bruyllie1535 garboil1543 bruslery1546 agitation1547 frayment1549 turmoiling1550 whirl1552 confusion1555 troublesomeness1561 rule1567 rummage1575 rabble1579 tumult1580 hurlement1585 rabblement1590 disturb1595 welter1596 coil1599 hurly1600 hurry1600 commotion1616 remotion1622 obturbation1623 stirrance1623 tumultuation1631 commoving1647 roiling1647 spudder1650 suffle1650 dissettlement1654 perturbancy1654 fermentationa1661 dissettledness1664 ferment1672 roil1690 hurry-scurry1753 vortex1761 rumpus1768 widdle1789 gilravagea1796 potheration1797 moil1824 festerment1833 burly1835 fidge1886 static1923 comess1944 frammis1946 bassa-bassa1956 society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > political unrest > [noun] > instance of uproar1526 commotion1540 hurry1600 cataclysm1861 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxviii. 1003 The tumult still encreased, and the multitude was all up on a hurrey. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vi. 4 The present peace, And quietnesse of the people, which before Were in wilde hurry . View more context for this quotation 1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker ii. sig. D3 What thousand noyses passe through all the roomes? What cryes and hurries? 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος Ep. Ded. sig. c In a turbulent Sea, where there is nothing but a Chaos of hurry, and confusion. 1762 J. Wesley Jrnl. 6 Sept. A poor man began to make some tumult. But many cried out, ‘Constables, take him away’. They did so, and the hurry was over. 1843 R. R. Madden United Irishmen 2nd Ser. II. xx. 433 In the south of Ireland, the rebellion of 1798 is designated by a term..indicative of the confusion attendant on an insurrection. The people call it ‘the hurry’. †b. concrete. A confused crowd, a mob. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered > large or numerous > disorderly frapec1330 rabblea1398 rafflea1450 unlawful assembly1485 rabblement1543 rabble rout?1589 ringat-rangata1600 hurry1620 ribble-rabble1635 tempest1746 cohue1850 pig pile1880 dog pile1921 scrimmage1968 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1896) III. 54 For all your Pharaos, your Ptolomies..your Caesars..with all the hurrie (if I may so terme them) of your infinite Princes, Monarchs, Lords, Medes,..Persians, Grecians, and Barbarians. 1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 55 The Pavement sounds with trampling Feet, And the mixt Hurry barricades the Street. †2. Mental agitation or disturbance; excitement; perturbation. (Also with plural.) Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun] fever1340 motiona1398 quotidian?a1439 rufflea1535 commotion1581 fret1582 hurry1600 puddering1603 tumultuousnessa1617 trepidation1625 feverishness1638 boilingc1660 fermentationc1660 tumult1663 ferment1672 stickle1681 fuss1705 whirl1707 flurry1710 sweat1715 fluster1728 pucker1740 flutter1741 flustration1747 flutteration1753 tremor1753 swithera1768 twitteration1775 state1781 stew1806 scrow1808 tumultuating1815 flurrification1822 tew1825 purr1842 pirr1856 tête montée1859 go1866 faff1874 poultry flutter1876 palaver1878 thirl1879 razzle-dazzle1885 nervism1887 flurry-scurry1888 fikiness1889 foment1889 dither1891 swivet1892 flusterment1895 tither1896 overwroughtness1923 mania1925 stumer1932 tizzy1935 two and eight1938 snit1939 tizz1953 tiswas1960 wahala1966 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun] stirringc888 maleasea1300 uneasea1300 diseasec1330 perturbationa1382 unrestfulnessc1384 disturbancea1387 unroc1390 distroublancea1400 perturbancec1425 unquietnessc1460 inquietation1461 conturbationc1470 unheart's-ease1470 distroubling1487 wanease15.. inquietness?1504 unrufe1508 sturt1513 pertroublancea1522 inquieting1527 unquieting1548 turmoiling1550 unquiet1551 agitation?1555 storm1569 wanrest1570 discountenance1577 float1579 disquiet1581 brangling1584 diseasefulnessa1586 restlessness1597 hurry1600 disturbancy1603 disquietment1606 disordera1616 laruma1616 uneasinessa1616 diseasementa1617 discomposture1622 discomposition1624 whirr1628 discomposednessa1631 discomposure1632 pother1638 incomposedness1653 inquietude1658 uneasefulness1661 toss1666 disquietednessa1680 intranquillitya1699 disquietude1709 bosom-broil1742 discomfort1779 rufflement1806 feeze1825 uncomfortableness1828 discomforture1832 astasia1839 dysphoria1842 purr1842 peacelessness1852 palaver1899 perturbment1901 heebie-jeebies1923 wahala1966 agita1979 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ix. xxiv. 331 I will for my part set all presently in a hurrie [L. terrore implebo]. 1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 162 Void of all material passions, and terrestrial hurries. 1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica 163 There is nothing like Hurrying the Body, to divert the Hurry of the Mind. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. ii. 10 They thought it adviseable that I should not be admitted into her presence, till the hurries she was in had subsided. 1789 F. Burney Diary 18 Feb. (1842) IV. 419 He found nothing now remaining of the disorder, but too much hurry of spirits. II. Senses related to haste or rapid motion. 3. a. Excited, hasty, or impetuous motion; rush. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > a hurry hurry1660 hurry-scurry1753 sherry1821 whew1905 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. v. 212 The motion of the Heaven, or of the Stars,..might in the first case,..both have begun, and be continued by the hurry of some aire. 1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth ii. 70 Strange, uncertain Hurries of Opake Masses hither and thither. 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 144 My Heart is upon the hurry. 1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 530 The hurry and vigour of circulation [of the blood] are greater than at any future period. 1863 H. W. Longfellow Landlord's Tale viii, in Tales Wayside Inn 22 A hurry of hoofs in a village street. †b. A strong impulse. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1693 C. Mather Wonders Invis. World (1862) 188 Grievous and Pulling Hurries to Self-Murder are none of the smallest outrages, which the Devil in his Temptations commits upon us. 4. a. Action accelerated by some pressure of circumstances, excitement, or agitation; undue or immoderate haste; the condition of being obliged to act quickly through having little time; eagerness to get something done quickly. (See also sense 5.) ΘΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste hiec1175 hightc1225 rapa1250 hyingc1275 rape?a1300 rekec1330 hastiheada1393 pressa1393 hastea1400 unhonea1400 racec1400 gethea1500 festination1541 festinancy1660 hurry1692 festinance1727 scurry1823 rush1849 jildi1890 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 77 To enjoy themselves equally in the hurry of Business, and the Repose of a Private Life. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iii. 23 With what Hurry and Swiftness is the Circulation of London perform'd? 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 35 The imprudent hurry with which the first overtures from France were accepted. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 101 Much hurry of business prevents R. S. from entering further into the other queries. 1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) I. 370 Surprised at the extent and hurry of the preparations. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. iv. xv. 266 There is no hurry in the designs of God. b. Qualified by no or any (with negative implication): Need or occasion for hurry. Π 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 434 Sometimes he said that there was no hurry, and sometimes that he was too weak. 1899 N.E.D. at Hurry Mod. Is there any hurry? 5. Phrases (from sense 4). a. in a hurry: In haste due to pressure, want of time, or excitement; in urgent haste. Π 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 42 The other had no sooner got his Gun, but in a hurry he fires upon him; but not taking good aim, did not do any execution. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vi. 195 He was in a great hurry, getting his spritsail-yard fore and aft. a1773 Chesterfield in J. Trusler Princ. Politeness (1790) 61 A man of sense may be in haste, but he is never in a hurry... To be in a hurry is a proof that the business we embark in is too great for us. 1774 C. J. Phipps Voy. N. Pole 129 This instrument, though far from complete, having been constructed in a hurry for the purpose of a first experiment. 1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 124 I drew it up in a hurry, intending to transcribe it. 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 114 While the sun shines, such an enterprise must make hay in a hurry. 1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 53 What a hurry you are in! b. not..in a hurry, not very soon; to be in no hurry, to have plenty of time, to take one's time. (colloquial.) ΚΠ 1778 F. Burney Evelina II. xiii. 102 He won't put his tricks upon me again, in a hurry. 1812 Lady Lyttelton Let. 28 Apr. in Corr. (1912) 132 That, you see, is very neat, and sounds as if it would not be forgotten in a hurry. 1837 C. R. Goring & A. Pritchard Micrographia 109 The late Mr. T...whose like we shall not see again in a hurry. 1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) II. viii. 595 Believing that little can be done they are in no hurry to do it. 1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. 110 Not yet liberated, nor likely to be so in a hurry. 6. Technical and specific uses. a. A small load of hay or corn. dialect (cf. hurry v. 6). ΚΠ 1659 in D. G. Hill Dedham (Mass.) Rec. (1894) IV. 5 No Inhabitant of this Towne shall..cutt any grasse in any of the Comon meadows..vpon the penaltie of forfieting tenn shillings for euery Loade or hurry of haye so cutt. 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 382 Hurry, a small load of hay or corn. b. One of the ‘spouts’ which allow coal to rush down from cars (running on a timber framework) into the hold of a ship; plural the whole framework or ‘stathe’. ΚΠ 1794 Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 329 In this staith are fixed five hurries or spouts..the hurries or spouts lie with an inclining slope of about forty-five degrees. c. Dramatic Music. A tremolo passage played on the violin or other instrument to accompany an exciting scene. ΚΠ 1839 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (new ed.) 125 Then the wrongful heir comes in to two bars of quick music, (technically called ‘a hurry’). 1888 J. Stainer Stainer & Barrett's Dict. Musical Terms (ed. 3) 231 The ‘hurry’ is generally played as a preparation for the culminating point of a dramatic incident..during stage struggles or like exciting actions. d. Dr. Lodge's proposed term for a unit of acceleration (in Physics), i.e. an acceleration of one foot per second in a second. ΚΠ 1879 Lodge Elem. Mech. 21 (note) Suppose..we..call the unit of velocity a ‘speed’... If a name were..wanted for the unit of acceleration, or one speed per second, it might perhaps be called a ‘hurry’. 7. Used adverbially: With hurry. Π 1796 W. Scott William & Helen xxxvii And, hurry! hurry! off they rode. Compounds hurry call n. originally U.S. a call for immediate help in an emergency; a request for immediate action. ΚΠ 1901 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 798/1 If it was a hurry call, she would send them to Gilchrist. 1908 G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock i. 11 In answer to a hurry-call from his wife to get rich. 1915 P. G. Wodehouse Something Fresh iii. 73 His friends..send in a hurry-call to police headquarters. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad v. 63 A wireless ‘hurry call’ was flashed out from the Yard and a Flying Squad car raced to the house. 1964 P. G. Wodehouse Frozen Assets ix. 160 Percy would be sending out hurry calls for the police. Draft additions March 2003 hurry sickness n. Psychology a behaviour pattern characterized by an urgent and persistent need to feel busy or productive, and often an anxious, excessive preoccupation with work at the expense of relaxation and socializing. ΚΠ 1974 M. Friedman & R. H. Roseman Type A Behaviour & your Heart vi. 70 The most significant trait of the Type A man is his habitual sense of time urgency or ‘hurry sickness’... The Type A man incessantly strives to accomplish too much or to participate in too many events. 1998 Guardian 21 Mar. (Jobs & Money section) 31/2 ‘People who are apparently successful don't believe they are and don't feel it.’ They are constantly striving, and this leads to ‘achiever fever’, to ‘hurry sickness’ and to constant anxiety, he adds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). hurryv. Brit. /ˈhʌri/, U.S. /ˈhəri/ Forms: Also ?Middle English horye(n, 1600s whorry. Etymology: See hurry n. (The order of senses is uncertain: possibly sense 3 was the earliest, as apparently in the noun.) 1. a. transitive. To carry, convey, or cause to go with excessive haste, under the influence of external pressure or of excitement. Frequently with along, away, down, up, in, out, etc.It is not certain that the first quot. belongs to this word. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 883 Þe ȝonge men..by þe hondez hym hent & horyed him with-inne.] 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Fiij^v A second feare..Which madly hurries her, she knowes not whither.1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Eviij^v To Thickets feeld then was Oldcastle hurried.1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 289 Caverns, into which the poor Shepheards hurry their Flocks upon any alarm.1761 C. Johnstone Chrysal (ed. 2) II. iii. xix. 269 My master was seized, and hurried away to a prison.1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 148 I rushed out of the house, not knowing whither my steps were hurrying me.1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. v. 205 We commonplace beings are hurried along in the crowd. b. To carry or drive with impetuosity or without deliberation to some action, conduct, or condition of mind. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > cause to be done rapidly > hasten or hurry > unduly or excessively > a person to some action or condition hurrya1616 stampede1868 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 35 Wilde amazement hurries vp and downe The little number of your doubtfull friends. View more context for this quotation 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 104 Those raging and unruly passions, which hurry the wicked up and downe. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 4 The poor People..are furiously hurried into actions..destroying all foundations of Law and Liberty. 1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans iii. 18 Drinking hurries Men on to the worst of Vices. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. 97 To hurry you into an act of unjust aggression. †c. To drive (anything) with rapid or impetuous motion. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 278 Exhalations..hurried about with a most violent motion. 1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth iv. 294 A Comet's Atmosphere is a very stormy Fluid, wherein Masses of Opake Matter are continually hurried about. 2. intransitive. To move or act with excited haste, or with an evident or apparent effort at speed; to press on without leisure or with great or undue haste. With adverbs as in sense 1. hurry up! make haste, increase your speed (colloquial). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with urgent speed rempeOE fuseOE rakeOE hiec1175 i-fusec1275 rekec1275 hastec1300 pellc1300 platc1300 startc1300 buskc1330 rapc1330 rapec1330 skip1338 firk1340 chase1377 raikc1390 to hie one's waya1400 catchc1400 start?a1505 spur1513 hasten1534 to make speed1548 post1553 hurry1602 scud1602 curry1608 to put on?1611 properate1623 post-haste1628 whirryc1630 dust1650 kite1854 to get a move on1888 to hump it1888 belt1890 to get (or put) one's skates on1895 hotfoot1896 to rattle one's dags1968 shimmy1969 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry > to some end or object runOE hurry1602 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry hiec1250 skelta1400 hasty?a1425 hasten1534 festinate1652 to look sharp1680 to make play1799 hurry-scurry1809 to tumble up1826 crowd1838 rush1859 hurry1871 to get a move on1888 hurry and scurry1889 to buck up1890 to get a hump on1892 to get a wiggle on1896 to shake a leg1904 to smack it about1914 flurry1917 to step on it (her)1923 to make it snappy1926 jildi1930 to get an iggri on1946 ert- 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E2 Gastly amazement..Shall hurry on before, and vsher vs. 1613 T. Dekker Strange Horse-race 24 From his Caues..out he whorries. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. iii. 53 Liues, Honours, Lands, and all, hurrie to losse. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 141 Desp'rately he hurried through the streete. View more context for this quotation 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 74 Near enough to hear them..and to see their Troops hurry from one place to another. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 49 At sun-set all must hurry inside the gates. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. 47 They hurried off to obtain relief. 1871 H. Macmillan True Vine (1872) vi. 259 Nature never hurries, never takes leaps, never wearies. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 74 The fresh water hurrying onward to the sea. 1890 Acrobats & Mountebanks 72 ‘Walk in, walk in! ladies and gentlemen’, cries the showman... ‘Walk in, walk in! Hurry up!’ †3. transitive. To agitate, disturb, excite; to molest, harass, worry. Obsolete exc. dialect. Cf. hurry n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > upset or perturb [verb (transitive)] to-wendc893 mingeOE dreveOE angerc1175 sturb?c1225 worec1225 troublec1230 sturble1303 disturbc1305 movea1325 disturblec1330 drubblea1340 drovec1350 distroublec1369 tempestc1374 outsturba1382 unresta1382 stroublec1384 unquietc1384 conturb1393 mismaya1400 unquemea1400 uneasec1400 discomfita1425 smite?a1425 perturbc1425 pertrouble?1435 inquiet1486 toss1526 alter1529 disquiet1530 turmoil1530 perturbate1533 broil1548 mis-set?1553 shake1567 parbruilyiec1586 agitate1587 roil1590 transpose1594 discompose1603 harrow1609 hurry1611 obturb1623 shog1636 untune1638 alarm1649 disorder1655 begruntlea1670 pother1692 disconcert1695 ruffle1701 tempestuate1702 rough1777 caddle1781 to put out1796 upset1805 discomfort1806 start1821 faze1830 bother1832 to put aback1833 to put about1843 raft1844 queer1845 rattle1865 to turn over1865 untranquillize1874 hack1881 rock1881 to shake up1884 to put off1909 to go (also pass) through a phase1913 to weird out1970 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] tawc893 ermec897 swencheOE besetOE bestandc1000 teenOE baitc1175 grieve?c1225 war?c1225 noyc1300 pursuec1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 tribula1325 worka1325 to hold wakenc1330 chase1340 twistc1374 wrap1380 cumbera1400 harrya1400 vexc1410 encumber1413 inquiet1413 molest?a1425 course1466 persecutec1475 trouble1489 sturt1513 hare1523 hag1525 hale1530 exercise1531 to grate on or upon1532 to hold or keep waking1533 infest1533 scourge1540 molestate1543 pinch1548 trounce1551 to shake upa1556 tire1558 moila1560 pester1566 importune1578 hunt1583 moider1587 bebait1589 commacerate1596 bepester1600 ferret1600 harsell1603 hurry1611 gall1614 betoil1622 weary1633 tribulatea1637 harass1656 dun1659 overharry1665 worry1671 haul1678 to plague the life out of1746 badger1782 hatchel1800 worry1811 bedevil1823 devil1823 victimize1830 frab1848 mither1848 to pester the life out of1848 haik1855 beplague1870 chevy1872 obsede1876 to get on ——1880 to load up with1880 tail-twist1898 hassle1901 heckle1920 snooter1923 hassle1945 to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946 to bust (a person's) chops1953 noodge1960 monster1967 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Harassé,..harried, molested, hurried. 1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Treasurie Auncient & Moderne Times 17/1 Then must the conscience be hurried with her owne piercings. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 380 As those savage Beasts do delight to kill, hurry, oppress, tear and eat the Blood of their fellow Creatures. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm ix. 232 So under the influence of the imagination as to have their sleep hurried with visions. 1832 H. Martineau Ireland iv. 63 Her form wasted, her spirits were hurried. 1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words (at cited word) I've been very much hurried this morning; for I've just heard of the death of my old friend T——. 4. To urge or excite to greater speed; to hasten the action, motion, or progress of; often, to hasten unduly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > cause to be done rapidly > hasten or hurry hiec1320 skinda1325 rape?a1400 acceleratec1522 hasten?1537 precipitate1558 swiften1638 hurry1713 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 7 Sept. 1/1 I hurried my Habit, and got it ready a Week before the time. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. liv. 175 The Commons..now hurried on as much as they formerly delayed, the disbanding of the armies. 1836 London & Westm. Rev. Apr. 176 Indeed, the conclusion [of the drama] appears to be somewhat hurried up. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 55 Nor is there any good to be got in trying to hurry man or beast in Spain. 1889 L. B. Walford Stiff-necked Generation 190 Shall I ring and hurry up the tea? reflexive.1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby v. 35 You needn't hurry yourself.1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. i. 5 There was no reason that it [sc. the express train] should hurry itself. 5. To put away, on, out, forth, etc., hurriedly or hastily. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > put, bring, etc., hastily hurry1806 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London I. ix. 208 Lady Roseville hurried away a tear that would start unbidden. 1807 R. Wilson Jrnl. 9 June in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) II. viii. 256 Hurrying on my clothes. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 86 E'er His tongue could hurry forth his fear. 1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) I. 650 When the glottis is once opened,..the stutterer..is glad to hurry out as many words as he can. 6. northern dialect. To transport or convey (= drive v. 7d; e.g., to drive a cart, drive coal). spec. in Coal Mining, To transport (the coal) from the face of the working to the bottom of the shaft (see hurrier n. 2); also absol. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > other (coal-)mining procedures underbeit1670 buck1683 bank1705 bunding1747 urge1758 slappet1811 tamp1819 jowl1825 stack1832 sprag1841 hurry1847 bottom1851 salt1852 pipe1861 mill1868 tram1883 stope1886 sump1910 crow-pick1920 stockpile1921 spec1981 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Hurry (1) to bear, lead, or carry any~thing away. North. 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield Hurry, to draw or move a cart. A horse hurries coals, &c. 1898 Cleckheaton Guardian 21 Oct. Joel B——, son of the deceased, said he hurried for his father. Draft additions December 2020 U.S. colloquial. to hurry up the (also one's) cakes and variants: to do something quickly, to get a move on. Frequently in imperative. Now rare and somewhat dated.Apparently from a cry attributed to impatient waiters: see quot. 1859. ΚΠ 1844 Logansport (Indiana) Tel. 24 Aug. The lawyer on his client dine, And patience him forsakes, Unless, with money in your fist You ‘Hurry up the cakes’. 1859 Athenæum 30 July 139/1 Hurry up the Cakes, i.e. Be quick; look alive. This phrase..originated in the common New York eating-houses, where it is the custom for the waiters to bawl out the name of each dish as fast as ordered. 1912 L. Arundel Motor Boat Boys on Great Lakes xxi. 198 What d'ye stand there gaping for? Can't you see I'm in danger of drowning? Hurry up your cakes, you sillies! 2009 @ramgarden 16 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 26 May 2020) I agree with @naturalkinks. Please hurry and start building these cars! Hurry up the cakes! 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