Definition for HURRY

HURRY, n.

  1. A driving or pressing forward in motion or business.
  2. Pressure; urgency to haste. We can not wait long; we are in a hurry.
  3. Precipitation that occasions disorder or confusion. It is necessary sometimes to be in haste, but never in a hurry. Anon.
  4. Tumult; bustle; commotion. Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, and puts it into a violent hurry of thought. Addison.

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