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hurry
English
Etymology
From Middle English horien (“to rush, impel”), probably a variation of hurren (“to vibrate rapidly, buzz”), from Proto-Germanic *hurzan? (“to rush”) (compare Middle High German hurren (“to hasten”), Norwegian hurre (“to whirl around”)), from Proto-Indo-European *?ers- (“to run”) (compare Latin curr? (“I run”), Tocharian A kursär/Tocharian B kwärsar (“league; course”)). Related to hurr, horse, rush.
Alternative etymology derives hurry as a variant of harry, which see.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??.i/
- (US) IPA(key): /?h??.i/ (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- (US) IPA(key): [?h?.i] (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- Rhymes: -?ri
Noun
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.
Derived terms
- in a hurry
Translations
Verb
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.
- the rapid Stream presently draws him in , carries him away , and hurries him down violently.
- (transitive) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
- (mining) To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.
- 1842, The Condition and Treatment of the Children Employed in the Mines, page 45:
- Elizabeth Day, aged seventeen […] "I have been nearly nine years in the pit. I trapped for two years when I first went, and have hurried ever since. I have hurried for my father until a year ago. I have to help to riddle and fill, […]
- 1842, The Condition and Treatment of the Children Employed in the Mines, page 45:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:rush
Translations
See also
- haste
- hurry up
- di di mau
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rapidity
English
Etymology
rapid +? -ity, from French rapidité, from Latin rapiditas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p?d?ti/
Noun
rapidity (countable and uncountable, plural rapidities)
- speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
- (physics) A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light
- (physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam's axis
Derived terms
- midrapidity
- pseudorapidity
Translations
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