Definition of hurry

"hurry" in the noun sense

1. hurry, haste

a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry

"in a hurry to lock the door"

2. haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation

overly eager speed (and possible carelessness

"he soon regretted his haste"

3. haste, hurry, rush, rushing

the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

"in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

"hurry" in the verb sense

1. travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip

move very fast

"The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

2. rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate

act or move at high speed

"We have to rush!"

"hurry

3. rush, hurry

urge to an unnatural speed

"Don't rush me, please!"

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Quotations for hurry

Rage and anger hurry on the mind. [ Virgil ]

Always be in haste, but never in a hurry. [ J. Wesley ]

Hurry is only admissible in catching flies. [ Haliburton ]

Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry. [ John Wesley ]

If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it. [ Martial ]

Sculpture and painting have an effect to teach us manners and abolish hurry. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Despatch is taking time by the ears; hurry is taking it by the end of the tail. [ Henry Wheeler Shaw (pen name Josh Billings) ]

The most finished man of the world is he who is never irresolute and never in a hurry. [ Arthur Schopenhauer ]

Fraud and deceit are ever in a hurry. Take time for all things. Great haste makes great waste. [ Franklin ]

Fuss is half-sister to Hurry, and neither of them can do any thing without getting in their own way. [ Henry Wheeler Shaw (pen name Josh Billings) ]

The great soul that sits on the throne of the universe is not, never was, and never will be, in a hurry. [ J. G. Holland ]

No two things differ more than hurry and dispatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind; dispatch, of a strong one. [ Caleb C. Colton ]

The man who is in a hurry to see the full effects of his own tillage must cultivate annuals, and not forest trees. [ Whately ]

Hurry and cunning are the two apprentices of despatch and skill; but neither of them ever learns his master's trade. [ Colton ]

Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. Haste and hurry are very different things. [ Chesterfield ]

Nonsense, when earnest, is impressive, and sometimes takes you in. If you are in a hurry, you occasionally mistake it for sense. [ Beaconsfield ]

He who is always in a hurry to be wealthy and immersed in the study of augmenting his fortune has lost the arms of reason and deserted the post of virtue. [ Horace ]

It is admirably remarked, by a most excellent writer, that zeal can no more hurry a man to act in direct opposition to itself than a rapid stream can carry a boat against its own current. [ Fielding ]

There is no moment like the present: not only so, but moreover, there is no moment at all, that is, no instant force and energy, but in the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards; they will be dissipated, lost, and perish in the hurry and skurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence. [ Miss Edgeworth ]

hurry in Scrabble®

The word hurry is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters hurry:

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hurry in Words With Friends™

The word hurry is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

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Words within the letters of hurry

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Words containing the sequence hurry

Words that start with hurry (2 words)

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Word Growth involving hurry

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Longer words containing hurry

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