hurry vs loaf

hurry

verb
  • Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something. 

  • To cause to be done quickly. 

  • To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. 

  • To do things quickly. 

  • To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. 

  • To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway. 

noun
  • Rushed action. 

  • Urgency. 

  • an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play. 

  • A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation. 

loaf

verb
  • To headbutt (from loaf of bread) 

  • To be in catloaf position (for cats or other animals) 

  • To do nothing, to be idle. 

noun
  • A block of bread after baking. 

  • Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar. 

  • A solid block of soap, from which standard bar soap is cut. 

  • Shortened from "loaf of bread", the brain or the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf). 

How often have the words hurry and loaf occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )