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Hurryed vs Hurred - What's the difference?

hurryed | hurred |

As verbs the difference between hurryed and hurred

is that hurryed is past tense of hurry; an archaic spelling of nocap=1|lang=en while hurred is past tense of hurr.

hurryed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hurry);

    • hurry

    English

    Noun

  • Rushed action.
  • * '>citation
  • Urgency.
  • (sports) In American football, an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.

    • Derived terms

    * in a hurry

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (label) To do things quickly.
  • :
  • *
  • *:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry , with futile energy, from place to place.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}
  • (label) Often with (up), to speed up the rate of doing something.
  • :
  • (label) To cause to be done quickly.
  • (label) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
  • *(Robert South) (1634–1716)
  • *:Impetuous lust hurries him on.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:They hurried him aboard a bark.
  • (label) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:And wild amazement hurries up and down / The little number of your doubtful friends.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * haste * hurry up * di di mau 1000 English basic words

    hurred

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hurr)

    • hurr

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hur

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) to hum; buzz
  • (obsolete) To make a rolling, trilling, or burring sound; gnarl
    • R is the dog's letter, and hurreth in the sound. — Ben Jonson.
  • * 2010 , Chris d'Lacey, The Last Dragon Chronicles: Dark Fire
    • Speak again , she hurred , making mouth movements with her paws.
    (Webster 1913)