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hurry
What does hurry mean?
hurry (verb): to do things quickly.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce hurry?
/ˈhɝɹi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does hurry come from?
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”)).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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