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Meaning of hurry | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
ˈhʌ.ɹi

Definitions

  1. A rushed action
  2. A rushed action.
  3. An urgency
  4. An urgency.
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation
  8. A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.
  9. To do things quickly

Conjugation

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Equivalents

Azərbaycanca tələsmək
Български бързам
Català accelerar apressar cuitar pressa
Čeština chvat fofr kalup kvalt spěch spěchat
Ελληνικά βιασύνη
Esperanto rapidi rapidigi
Euskara presa
Gaeilge deabhadh deifir dithneas éascaigh
Gàidhlig cabhag deann deifir greas
Galego aburar bulir presa
Magyar siet
Հայերեն արտորալ շտապել
Íslenska flýta
日本語 匆々 急ぐ 急ぐこと 草々
ខ្មែរ ប្រញាប់
한국어 서두르다
Kurdî bulîr gap haşt il siet
Latina festīnō ruō
Lietuvių skubėti
Latviešu skuba
Македонски брза
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ତରବର
Português apressar pressa
Slovenčina ponáhľať
Soomaali degdeg
Shqip nxitoj
తెలుగు వేగిరపడు
Українська поспіх поспішати
Tiếng Việt gấp mau lên nhanh lên voi vội vàng

Examples

“Why are you in such a big hurry?”
“At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]”
“There is no hurry on that paperwork.”
“At Alabama, Jedrick Wills Jr. anchored the right side of the offensive line for two years, allowing only one sack and three-and-a-half quarterback hurries on 714 snaps last season.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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