hurry

hurry is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 10 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
2. transitive verb. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
3. transitive verb. To cause to be done quickly.
4. intransitive verb. To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry.
5. noun. The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion.
6. noun. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

   "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

   Synonyms: haste, rush, rushing

7. noun. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

   "he soon regretted his haste"

   Synonyms: haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation

8. noun. a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry

   "in a hurry to lock the door"

   Synonyms: haste

9. verb. urge to an unnatural speed

   "Don't rush me, please!"

   Synonyms: rush

10. verb. act or move at high speed

    "We have to rush!"

    "hurry--it's late!"

    Synonyms: festinate, hasten, rush

11. verb. move very fast

    "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

    Synonyms: speed, zip

Synonyms

haste, rush, rushing, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation, festinate, hasten, speed, zip

Common word forms

hurried, hurrier, hurries, hurrying

Words from these letters

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