To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to drive or press forward with more rapidity; to urge to act or proceed with more celerity; as, to hurry the workmen or the work. Our business hurries us. The weather is hot and the load heavy; we cannot safely hurry the horses.

To drive or impel with violence. Impetuous lust hurries him on to satisfy the cravings of it.

To urge or drive with precipitation and confusion; for confusion is often caused by hurry. And wild amazement hurries up and downN . The little number of your doubtful friends. To hurry away, to drive or carry away in haste.

To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation. The business is urgent; let us hurry.

A driving or pressing forward in motion or business.

Pressure; urgency to haste. We cannot wait long; we are in a hurry.

Precipitation that occasions disorder or confusion. It is necessary sometimes to be in haste, but never in a hurry.

Tumult; bustle; commotion. Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, and puts it into a violent hurry of thought.