hurry-upn.

Etymology: < verbal phrase to hurry up, hurry v. 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhurry-up.

colloquial.

1. Used attributively: involving or requiring haste; completed in a hurry. hurry-up wagon n. one equipped to act in an emergency; a police van. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > requiring haste

hastyc1400

hurry-up1893

1893 W. K. Post Harvard Stories 118 The manager..told him to send for a hurry-up wagon, and run us all in.

1902 H. L. Wilson Spenders 466 He would not be compelled to seek one of those ‘hurry-up’ lunch places with its clamour and crowd.

1907 Putnam's Monthly July 487/1 A hurry-up telegram.

1916 B. Hall Diary 23 Sept. in B. Hall & J. J. Niles One Man's War (1929) xxiv. 191 He had to..wait for some hurry-up repairs.

1930 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 24 Sept. 2/2 It is hoped there will be a large attendance at the ‘hurry-up’ meeting this evening.

1943 Copper Camp 191 A frantic bartender called the police and Callahan was once more looking out of the hurry-up wagon on his way to the City Hall.

1949 Sunday World-Herald Mag. (Omaha, Nebraska) 13 Feb. 5/2 It is often necessary to make a hurry-up call to a registered donor who is known to have the right type of blood.

2. Used as simple n.: an encouragement or demand to hurry up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > action of causing

acceleration1490

hastening1545

properation1615

speedying1617

precipitation1621

hurry-up1944

1944 J. H. Fullarton Troop Target i. vii. 61 Let's give 'em a bit of a hurry up, Jock.

1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer xi. 186 Ordinarily he would have been irritated to learn that Benjamin (and therefore Tappan) had not yet looked at his material—especially after the big hurry-up they'd given him.

1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) iv. 32 The hurry-up which the sight of death gives us.

1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) x. 218 Give (someone) a bit of hurry up, to demand or encourage prompt action.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	hurry-up
释义	hurry-upn. Etymology: < verbal phrase to hurry up, hurry v. 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhurry-up. colloquial. 1. Used attributively: involving or requiring haste; completed in a hurry. hurry-up wagon n. one equipped to act in an emergency; a police van. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > requiring haste hastyc1400 hurry-up1893 1893 W. K. Post Harvard Stories 118 The manager..told him to send for a hurry-up wagon, and run us all in. 1902 H. L. Wilson Spenders 466 He would not be compelled to seek one of those ‘hurry-up’ lunch places with its clamour and crowd. 1907 Putnam's Monthly July 487/1 A hurry-up telegram. 1916 B. Hall Diary 23 Sept. in B. Hall & J. J. Niles One Man's War (1929) xxiv. 191 He had to..wait for some hurry-up repairs. 1930 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 24 Sept. 2/2 It is hoped there will be a large attendance at the ‘hurry-up’ meeting this evening. 1943 Copper Camp 191 A frantic bartender called the police and Callahan was once more looking out of the hurry-up wagon on his way to the City Hall. 1949 Sunday World-Herald Mag. (Omaha, Nebraska) 13 Feb. 5/2 It is often necessary to make a hurry-up call to a registered donor who is known to have the right type of blood. 2. Used as simple n.: an encouragement or demand to hurry up. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > action of causing acceleration1490 hastening1545 properation1615 speedying1617 precipitation1621 hurry-up1944 1944 J. H. Fullarton Troop Target i. vii. 61 Let's give 'em a bit of a hurry up, Jock. 1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer xi. 186 Ordinarily he would have been irritated to learn that Benjamin (and therefore Tappan) had not yet looked at his material—especially after the big hurry-up they'd given him. 1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) iv. 32 The hurry-up which the sight of death gives us. 1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) x. 218 Give (someone) a bit of hurry up, to demand or encourage prompt action. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1893
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