Reverse Dictionary: HURRY

ADJECTIVES
► AGAINST THE CLOCK short of time, in a hurry → 2004 UK sl. (Bk.)
► BETTANT in a hurry, hastening eagerly → c1400 obs.
► BICKERING hurrying, rushing → 1865 Sc.
► CLAPHAT hasty, hurried, reckless → 1909 Amer. dial. 
► GALLIED hurried → E18 sl.
► HASTEFUL full of haste; hurrying, hurried → 1610
► HASTIS hasty, hurried → 1846 Eng. dial.
► HIEFUL speedy, hasty, hurried, quick, prompt → a1225 obs.
► HOT-FOOTED quick, hasty; rushed, hurried → 1844
► HURRISOME inclined to hurry, hasty → 1847 Eng. dial.
► IN A SWIVET in a hurry → 1892 Amer. dial. 
► LIKE A FART ON A CURTAIN-POLE in a great hurry → 2003 NZ sl. 
► OVER-THRONGED very busy; over-hurried → 1790 Eng. dial.
► RAPLY hasty, hurried → a1400 obs.
► RUSHY rushed, hurried; quick → 1908
► SNATCHED in a hurry → 1903 Amer. dial. 
► THRONGED busy; hurried → 1776 Eng. & Amer. dial.

ADVERBS
► AT FULL TEAR in a great hurry or frantic rush → 1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BALD-HEADED precipitately; hurriedly, without caution → 1848 Amer. dial.
► END-ON in a great hurry ..1899 Amer. dial.
► HASH-MASH slap-dash; hurriedly and carelessly → 1827 Sc.
► HASTIS hurriedly, hastily; impatiently → 1842 Eng. dial.
► HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION in a hurried, excited, or reckless manner; rapidly, furiously →  1905 Amer. dial.
► HURRY-BURRY with extra hurry; in confusion; tumultuously → 1791 Sc.
► IN QUICK STICKS hurriedly, quickly → 1890
► PELLY MELLY in a confused way or manner; in disorder and hurry; indiscriminately → c1450 obs.
► QUICK STICKS hurriedly, quickly → 1877
► RAPLY hastily, hurriedly → c1325 obs.
► RASH quickly, eagerly, hurriedly → 1884 Eng. dial.
► RUSHY in a rush, hurriedly → 1908
► SKIMPER-SCAMPER in hurry and confusion; hurriedly → 1778
► TIPPY-LAPPY hurriedly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WITH ALL SAIL SET in a quick and determined manner; hurriedly → 1916 Amer. dial.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► ALL IN A PUCKER in a hurry → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► ANTY UP! hurry up! → 1917 Amer. dial.
► BAHLI-BAHLI! hurry up! → 1963 US military in E. Asia (Korean)
► BUSTLE!  hurry up! stir yourself! → 1597 
► DON’T HURRY, MR. HOPKINS! hurry up! → L18 sl. 
► DON’T MOON, GOON hurry → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► EGG ON hurry up → 1950s Aust. sl.
► GET OFF YOUR CAN! hurry up → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HUMP YOURSELF! hurry! be lively! → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► IGAREE! ► IGGRY! hurry up! quickly! → 1910s sl.
► IN A TERRIBLE WACKET in an awful hurry → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► JINGLE YOUR SPURS! hurry up! get a move on! → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► PULL YOUR FINGER OUT! hurry up! → 20C Brit. & US sl., orig. military
► QUIT MONKEYING AROUND! hurry! → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RATTLE YOUR DAGS! hurry up! get a move on!→ 1988 Aust. & NZ sl.
► SKIP THE GUTTER! hurry up, get going → 1957 Amer. dial.
► SKITE! hurry! → 1894 Amer. dial.
► TOOTS SWEET! hurry up! (French ‘tout de suite’) → World War I Amer. sl.
► UNHOOK THE U-HAUL! hurry up! → 1993 US sl.
► WAKE IT UP! hurry up! get on with it! → 1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
► WHO HAS LOST HIS MARE? what is the hurry? → 1806 Eng. dial.

NOUNS
► BREE a disturbance, a fuss, hurry; bustle → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BROOFLE impetuous haste, hurry → 19C Sc.
► DO-DANCE a scene of hurry or commotion → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FIZZ a hurry; a state of excitement or agitation → 1897 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► FIZZLE a hurry; a state of excitement or agitation → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FLUCKADRIFT haste, hurry, speed → 1866 Sc.
► FOOSTER hurry, flurry, fluster, great fuss → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► FUDDER an impetuous rush, a sudden bustle, a hurry → 1739 Sc.
► GURRY a hurry, bustle, confusion → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► HURRYGRAPH something done, produced, or experienced in a hurry, esp. a hasty glance or fleeting impression → 1851 US
► HURRY-UP a hurry, speed → 1962 UK sl.
► HUSTLE to move hastily, to hurry, to bustle; to work busily → 1821
► OMPLUST ► ON-PLUST a rush, hurry → 1897 Sc.
► PASH a hurry, drive → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAPE haste, speed, hurry → a1300 obs.
► SCAD a hurry, bustle; agitation, fluster → 1897 Sc.
► SCRAMP a snatching; a hurried attempt → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SKEDADDLE a rush, a hurry, an act of running away or escaping → M19 sl.
► SLUMMING a performing a task hurriedly or carelessly → 1844 Aust. & NZ
► STROTHER haste, bustle, hurry and stir, fuss → 1868 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SWIVET agitation; a fluster or panic; a hurry → 1892 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► TATTER a hurry → 1876 Eng. dial.
► TAVE a hurry, a stir, a commotion → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TIFTER a hurry, bustle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TORY-RORY a state of hurry or excitement → 19C Eng. dial.
► WHEW a hurry, a rush → 1847 Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► FEISTY ► FISTY one who moves about hurriedly → 1954 Amer. dial.
► SCHUSSLE one who in hurrying falls over his own feet → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
► ACHE to hurry, to hasten → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ALLAY ► ALLEY ► ALLEZ to go, to hurry, to run → 1918 US military sl.
► ANOINT to run, to hurry away → 1876 Eng. dial.
► ANTY UP to hurry up → 1917 Amer. dial.
► BAG ASS to hurry away from some place; to get oneself out of a place in a hurry → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BALL THE JACK to travel fast, to hurry → c1925 US sl.
► BANGTAIL to hurry → 1940s US sl.
► BARREL ASS to hurry away from some place; to get oneself out of a place in a hurry → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BE SNATCHED to be in a hurry → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BEAT FEET to hurry → 1944 Amer. sl.
► BEAT IT to go in a hurry → 1665 sl.
► BEETLE to hurry → 1980s UK colloq. 
► BELT to hurry, to hustle → 1890 Eng. dial.
► BIRL to move quickly; to hurry along; to run about → 1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BLITZ ► BLITZ IT to hurry → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BRATTLE to run quickly; to hurry → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BREAK CAMP to hurry; to leave → 1970 US students’ sl.
► BROOFLE to be in a great hurry; to be overheated by exertion → 19C Sc.
► BUCK UP to make an effort; to hurry up → 1890
► BUCKLE OFF to hurry off → 1952 Amer. dial.
► BUCKLE TO IT to hurry; to work fast → 1848 Amer. dial.
► BURN THE LEATHER to hurry → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BUSK to hurry, to hasten; to set out, to go, esp. with speed → 1330 
► BUSKLE to hurry about, to make haste; to be full of agitation or commotion; to bustle → 1545 obs. 
► BUSTER to hurry; to travel quickly → 1988 US military sl.
► BUST YOUR ASS to hurry, to exert yourself, to work extremely hard → 1941 US sl.
► CADDLE to hurry, to fluster → 1880 Eng. dial.
► CHASE ► CHASE ONESELF to run, hurry; to depart rapidly → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CHEESE to hurry → 1930s Brit. sl.
► CHEW IT UP to hurry through something; to be bluffing → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CHIVVY ON to hurry along → 2012 Brit. sl. (Bk.)
► CHOP UP to hurry through → L17 sl.
► CLAW to start, to hurry → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CLIP AHEAD to hurry along → 1893 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CROWD to rush or hurry someone → 1838 Amer. dial.
► CUT ALONG to hurry off → Brit. colloq.
► CUT AND RUN to make off promptly; to hurry off → 1861 sl.
► DANGLE to travel or depart, esp. in a hurry → 1927 US sl., esp. hobo usage
► DILT to speed, to hurry → 1819 Eng. dial.
► DIP to hurry → 1997 US sl.
► DO ABOUT to bestir oneself, to get busy, to hurry, to bustle about → 1908 Amer. dial.
► DRAG ASS to hurry away from some place; to get oneself out of a place in a hurry → M20 sl.
► DUST IT to ride or go quickly; to hasten, to hurry, to make off → 1650 colloq.
► EGG ON to get a move on, to hurry → 1920s Aust. sl.
► FEASE to hurry, to pant, to run up and down → 1777 Eng. dial. 
► FLAX AROUND to hurry, to bustle → 1841 Amer. dial.
► GAS IT to hurry → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GET A GAIT ON to hurry → 1930s sl.
► GET A JIG ON to hurry → 1970 Amer. dial.
► GET A MOVE ON to hurry → 1888 US sl.
► GET A RUSTLE ON to hurry up, to get a move on → 1891 chiefly US colloq.
► GET A SKATE ON to go fast, to hurry up → M19 sl.
► GET A WIGGLE ON to hurry up, get a move on → 1896 colloq.
► GET A WIGGLE ON IT to hurry up → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GET A WRIGGLE ON to hurry → 1971 Aust. sl.
► GET OFF THE DIME to hurry, to get going, to start  → 1927 Amer. dial.
► GET OFF THE NICKEL to hurry, to get going, to start  → 1942 Amer. dial.
► GET THE RAG OUT to hurry; to start working → 1927 Amer. dial.
► GET THE RAG OUT OF YOUR ASS to hurry; to start working → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HAISTER to do anything hurriedly or in a slovenly manner; to act or speak with consideration → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► HANDLE to hurry, to exert oneself → 19C N. Ireland
► HASTE to cause to move more quickly; to urge, drive, or press on; to quicken, to accelerate, to hurry → a1300
► HASTER to hurry, to drive to work; to fluster → 1805 Sc.
► HASTHER to hurry, to drive to work; to fluster → 1805 Sc.
► HAUL ASS to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to move fast, to travel rapidly → 1918 colloq.
► HAUL BOTTOM to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly → 1928 Amer. dial.
► HAUL BUGGY to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly → 1954 Amer. dial.
► HAUL BUNS to hurry, to move out → 1969 US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
► HAUL ONE’S FREIGHT to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly → 1938 Amer. dial.
► HAUL TAIL to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly → 1940 Amer. dial.
► HAVE ONE’S COATTAILS POPPING to be in a hurry → 1950 Amer. dial. 
► HAYSTER to do anything hurriedly or in a slovenly manner; to act or speak with consideration → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEAVE TO to hurry, to exert oneself energetically, to start working very hard → 1967 Amer. dial.
► HIGH-TAIL IT to depart hurriedly; to move in a great hurry → 1942 Amer. colloq. (Bk.)
► HOTFOOT IT to hurry → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)
► HUMP to hurry on, to go → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HUMP ALONG to move along in a hurry → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HURVE to move quickly, to hurry → 1983 Aust. sl.
► HUSTLE ONE’S BUSTLE to hurry, to get moving → 1971 US sl.
► HYFER to hurry → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HYPA to hurry → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► IGAREE ► IGGERY ► IGGRY ► IGRI to hurry up, to go quickly → 1910s sl.
► JAIL ► JALE to walk fast, to hurry along → 1864 Eng. dial.
► JOIN THE BIRD GANG to run away in a hurry, to speed off, to vamoose → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► JOREE AROUND to hurry about → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JUNE  ► JUNE ALONG  ► JUNE AROUND to hasten, to hurry; to bustle → 1869 Amer. dial.
► KITE ► KITE IT to move or go quickly or energetically; to hurry, to run fast → 1854 Amer. dial.
► LACE to walk or go rapidly; to go along at great speed → 1902 Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LAMP to take long, springing or prancing steps; to stride, to step out, to walk smartly and deliberately. to hurry onwards → 1808 Sc.
► LAMP ALONG to go along at a great pace → M19 Irish sl.
► LEAGUE to hurry off, to walk quickly → 1826 Sc. 
► LEAP OVER THE HEDGE BEFORE YOU COME AT THE STILE to be in a violent hurry → ?1599
► LEATHER to hurry, to hasten, to walk briskly; to get a move on → 1800 Sc. 
► LEERUP to hurry, to walk fast; to go at a swinging pace → 1928 Sc. 
► LICK to hurry, to hasten, to go fast → 1856 Sc.
► LIGHT A RAG to hurry off → 1903 Amer. sl.
► LIGHT A SHUCK to hurry off → 1905 Amer. sl.
► MARVEL ► MARVIL to depart quickly; to move off in a hurry → 1858 Amer. dial.
► MASH to do anything in a bustling hurry, to rush about → 1882 Eng. dial.
► MOVE ONE’S ASS ► MOVE ONE’S BUTT to hurry up, to get a move on → 1970s sl., orig. US
► NAMAS ► NAMASE to run, to hurry, to come towards → 1865 sl.
► NIT to escape, to decamp, to hurry away → 1885 Sc. & Aust. sl.
► NOINT to run, to hurry away → 1876 Eng. dial.
► PAD ONE’S LIMBER to hurry; to proceed → 1851 US sl.
► PAIL to hurry; to run at full speed → 1819 Eng. dial.
► PANG to push along, to press on, to hurry → 1891 Eng. dial.
► PASH to walk quickly; to hurry, to rush; to force one’s way through a crowd → 1859 Eng. dial.
► PEEL to hurry; to run at full speed → 1819 Eng. dial.
► POOTER to depart in a hurry; to bustle or hurry off → 1907 
► PRESS to push oneself on, to hurry oneself along → 1489 Sc. obs.
► PUCKERGEE to hurry → 1983 Amer. dial.
► PUNCH THE BREEZE to go in a hurry → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► PUT A NICKLE IN IT to hurry → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUT ON THE FAN to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PUTTER to walk faster, to hurry → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► QUICK to hurry, to cause to hasten → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAILROAD to go fast, to hurry unduly or excessively, to rush somewhere; to deal with something quickly or hastily → 1884 sl.
► RAISE DUST to hurry, to go quickly → 1910s US sl.
► RALLY to go quickly; to hurry on → 1888 Eng. dial.
► RANTER to do any kind of work in a hurried, careless manner → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► RAPE to hasten, to hurry, to make haste → c1330 obs.
► RATTLE ONE’S DAGS to hurry up; to get a move on → 1968 Aust. & NZ sl.
► RATTLE THE HOCKS to travel at speed, to hurry → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► RAVE to go about hurriedly or energetically → 19C Eng. dial.
► RUN AWAY WITH THE HARROWS to be in too great a hurry → 1844 Sc.
► RUSH IT to hurry → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RUSTLE YOUR BUSTLE to hurry → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SASHAY to hurry, to move quickly → 20C sl., orig. US
► SCAMP OFF to hurry off → 1882 Eng. dial.
► SCHUSSEL to hurry, to rush; to do something in a quick and sloppy manner → 1935 Amer. dial.
► SCOOR to run quickly; to scamper, to hurry; of a horse: to rush off sideways → 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCOOT to hurry, to go swiftly → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SCOUR ► SCOWER to run quickly; to scamper, to hurry; of a horse: to rush off sideways → 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRATCH to hurry; to do anything in a hurried, hasty, scrambling way → 1831 Eng. dial.
► SCRATCH GRAVEL to hurry; to work hard; to exert oneself → 1834 Amer. dial.
► SCRATTLE to scramble for sweets, etc.; to hurry, to bustle; to slink off hastily; to hurry anything out of sight → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHAG ASS to hurry away from some place; to get oneself out of a place in a hurry → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► SHAKE A LEG to hurry up → 1904 colloq.
► SHAKE ONE’S ASS to hurry up, to stir, to ‘shake a leg’ → 1927 Amer. sl.
► SHIFT ONE’S ASS to hurry up, to get a move on → 1970s sl., orig. US
► SHOOT ABOUT to hurry from place to place → 1895
► SHUCKLE to run fast, to hurry, to bustle about, to make haste → 1933 Amer. dial.
​► SKATE to leave, to go; to move rapidly, to hurry → 1900 Amer. dial.
► SKELP to skip, trip, walk, or run rapidly; to hurry → 1721
► SKELTER to dash along, to hurry, to rush, to scurry → 1852
► SKIN to hurry → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SKIP to hasten, to hurry, to move lightly and rapidly; to make off, to abscond → 1338
► SKITTER to move or run rapidly; to hurry about; to scamper off → 1845
► SKIVE to go, to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble → 1854 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► SKIVE AROUND to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble → 1857 Amer. dial.
► SLITHER to hurry away, to leave → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► SNAP INTO IT ► SNAP TO IT to hurry; to go faster → 1967 Amer. sl.
► SNAP IT UP to hurry; to act faster → 1940s Amer. sl.
► SPUR to proceed hurriedly; to hasten → 1513 
► STIR ONE’S STUMPS to hurry → 1832 US sl.
► STREAK to decamp swiftly; to go with a rush; to leave in a great hurry; to move very rapidly → 1604 sl.
► SWIFTEN to hurry, to move swiftly, to hasten → 1839
► TAKE THE RAG OUT to hurry; to start working → 1927 Amer. dial.
► TATTER to hurry; to bustle; to go at a great speed → 1862 Eng. dial.
► TAVE to hurry along; to gad about → 1864 Eng. dial.
► THIR to hurry a person → 1777 Eng. dial. obs.
► TIPPY-LAPPY to run or go in a hurry → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TOTE THE MAIL to run quickly; to move in a hurry; to ride or move quickly; to go fast → 1893 Amer. dial.
► TRUCKLE to proceed, to go, esp. in haste, to hurry, to move rapidly → 1859 Amer. dial.
► TURN ON THE FAN to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly → 1935 Amer. sl.
► WAAS ► WASS to run, to hurry; to exercise oneself vigorously → c1912 sl.
► WALLY to hurry over work; to do anything in an imperfect manner → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WHEW ► WHEW AROUND to hurry, to bustle about → 1847 Amer. dial.
► ZOON to hurry, to hasten, to bustle → 1884 Amer. dial.