hurry English · revision 7391

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=onomatopoeia|attested=1590}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈhʌ.ɹi/ ''(UK)''; /ˈhʌ.ɹi/, /ˈhɝ.i/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is of uncertain origin,^(Hoad 1986) probably imitative,^(NODE 1998)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) perhaps a variant of [[harry]] or a West Midlands sense of Middle English hurren, to vibrate rapidly, buzz,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from Proto-Germanic *hurza-, to move with haste, source also of Middle High German hurren, to move quickly, and perhaps of [[hurl]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To move or act quickly: 1592 in MWU, the 1590s in Etymonline, first recorded in Shakespeare, who used it often.^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In its earliest use it was synonymous with hurly, commotion.^(Hoad 1986) The noun first meant commotion or agitation (about 1600),^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) a sense now rare, and undue haste from the 1690s.^(Etymonline) ''In a hurry'' is from 1700,^(Etymonline) and ''hurry up'', make haste, from 1890.^(Etymonline) The jingling extension ''hurry-scurry'' is 18th-century.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1590s – to move quickly.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1600 – commotion (noun).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1690s – undue haste.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1700 – in a hurry.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1890 – hurry up.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To move or act with great haste.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To cause to move or proceed more quickly; to [[rush]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # Great haste.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A need for haste; urgency: ''there's no hurry''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[hurrier]]

+ * [[hurryingly]]

+ * [[hurry-scurry]]

+ * [[overhurry]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hurried]]

+ * [[hurriedly]]

+ * [[harry]]

+ * [[hurl]]

+ * [[scurry]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}