haste, hurry, rush, rushing
(noun) the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; “in his haste to leave he forgot his book”
haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation
(noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); “he soon regretted his haste”
hurry, haste
(noun) a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; “in a hurry to lock the door”
rush, hurry
(verb) urge to an unnatural speed; “Don’t rush me, please!”
rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate
(verb) act or move at high speed; “We have to rush!”; “hurry--it’s late!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hurry (countable and uncountable, plural hurries)
Rushed action.
Urgency.
(American football) an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.
(music) A tremolando passage for violins, etc, accompanying an exciting situation.
hurry (third-person singular simple present hurries, present participle hurrying, simple past and past participle hurried)
(intransitive) To do things quickly.
(intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
(transitive) To cause to be done quickly.
(transitive) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
(transitive) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
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Source: Wiktionary
Hur"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurried; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurrying.] Etym: [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly-burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all prob. of imitative origin.]
1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. Impetuous lust hurries him on. South. They hurried him abroad a bark. Shak.
2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. And wild amazement hurries up and down The little number of your doubtful friends. Shak.
3. To cause to be done quickly.
Syn.
– To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate; urge.
Hur"ry, v. i.
Definition: To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry. To hurry up, to make haste. [Colloq.]
Hur"ry, n.
Definition: The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion. Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and puts into a violent hurry of thought. Addison.
Syn.
– Haste; speed; dispatch. See Haste.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
