Definition of hurray
1. hurry [ v ] move very fast
Examples:
"The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)
Leaving Lee 's office , Mrs._Shaefer hurried over to her family physician , who treated her for burned tissue .
(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)
In 1914 when the town was chosen for the U._S._Amateur_Golf tournament , a representative hurried here from the Boston manager 's office .
(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)
So we hurried over .
(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)
Michelangelo hurried to Sangallo 's solitary bachelor room with his sketches , asked the architect to design a stand which would simulate the seated Madonna .
(Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)
When Kate hurried in alarm to tell him to put it out , she saw other dots of flames among the western Virginia hills from the few scattered fires of the faithful .
Synonyms hurry speed zip travel_rapidly Related Terms travel run flit zoom accelerate speed speed haste2. hurry [ v ] act or move at high speed
Examples:
"We have to rush!"
"hurry--it's late!"
(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)
The future would happen ; he did not have_to hurry it by thinking too_much .
Synonyms hurry hasten rush festinate look_sharp Related Terms act haste festination rusher3. hurry [ n ] a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
Examples:
"in a hurry to lock the door"
(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)
As for rebuilding , well , that might be looked_into , but there was no hurry , no hurry at_all .
As for rebuilding , well , that might be looked_into , but there was no hurry , no hurry at_all .
(E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)
Alex told her that there was no hurry for their breakfasts , trying at_the_same_time to effect a speedy separation of the persons before and behind him .
(John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)
The policeman 's eyes rather popped for a second ; but then Arlene got another tone in a hurry , and she said , `` If it was n't for these dear children '' - .
Synonyms hurry haste Related Terms urgency rush4. hurry [ n ] overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
Examples:
"he soon regretted his haste"
(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)
He is in a hurry to write another essay against culture .
Synonyms haste hurry hurriedness precipitation hastiness Related Terms speed abruptness rush5. hurry [ v ] urge to an unnatural speed
Examples:
"Don't rush me, please!"
(Perry Miller "Theodore Parker: Apostasy within Liberalism"...)
- that should a minister in Boston trust himself to his heart , should he `` speak without book , and consequently break some law of speech , or be hurried into some daring hyperbole , he should find little mercy '' .
Synonyms rush hurry Related Terms delay urge rush6. hurry [ n ] the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
Examples:
"in his haste to leave he forgot his book"
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