Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hurry up and wait

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: hur-ry up and wait
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hurry to complete a task or arrive at a destination by a specified time, only for nothing to happen, due to other requirements that have yet to be satisfied.

Humorous

Etymology

hurry up + wait

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

hurries up and waits (present, singular) hurrying up and waiting (participle, present) hurried up and waited (participle, past) hurried up and waited (past)

Questions

What does hurry up and wait mean?: To hurry to complete a task or arrive at a destination by a specified time, only for nothing to happen, due to other requirements that have yet to be satisfied.
Where does hurry up and wait come from?: hurry up + wait

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