hurry
n. C / Un. a need to move or act quickly because you do not have much time. You use it when you are rushing to finish something or get somewhere.
n. a state of urgency or eagerness requiring rapid movement or immediate action. Often used in the singular with the indefinite article.
I am in a hurry to catch my bus.
She left the office in a great hurry because she forgot to pick up her children from school.
The sudden hurry to finalize the contract before the fiscal year ended led to several minor clerical errors that required correction later.
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”)), from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- (“to run”) (compare Latin currō (“to run”), Tocharian A kursär/Tocharian B kwarsär (“league; course”)). Related to hurr, horse, rush. Alternative etymology derives hurry as a variant of harry.
Commonly used in the fixed phrase 'in a hurry'. When used as an uncountable noun, it refers to the general concept of haste.
I am in hurryI am in a hurryIn the common idiomatic expression 'in a hurry', the singular noun requires the indefinite article 'a'.