hurry

Meanings

1. A rushed action.
2. An urgency.
3. An incidence of a defensive pressure that forces the quarterback to throw the ball earlier than intended or rush their decision, often leading to an incomplete pass or failed play.
4. A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.

1. To do things quickly.
2. Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
3. To cause to be done quickly.
4. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
5. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
6. To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.

Etymology

From Middle English horien (“to rush, impel”), probably a variation of hurren (“to vibrate rapidly, buzz”), from Proto-Germanic *hurzaną (“to rush”) (compare Middle High German hurren (“to hasten”), Norwegian hurre (“to whirl around”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”) (compare Latin currō (“to run”), Tocharian A kursär/Tocharian B kwarsär (“league; course”)). Related to hurr, horse, rush. Alternative etymology derives hurry as a variant of harry.