scurry
to go or move quickly or in haste.
to send hurrying along.
a scurrying rush: the scurry of little feet on the stairs.
a short run or race.
Origin of scurry
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How to use scurry in a sentence
Now, it seems, a fear of the sun is starting to send them scurrying back to the Victorian styles of centuries past.
Rather than scurrying for cover like so many, she rushed to Malcolm, hoping to comfort him, hoping she could help him survive.
Remembering Yuri Kochiyama, Civil Rights Activist and Malcolm X Ally | Herb Boyd | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWelcome to Groundhog Day, with the hefty rodents on Capitol Hill scurrying toward another fiscal cliff.
Debt Ceiling Crisis Is Like a Toxic Groundhog Day on Capitol Hill | John Avlon | October 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEvery once in awhile somebody spotted a coyote scurrying past along the side of the road, and the whole bus leaped in its seat.
At the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a Steady Drip of Toxic Trouble | Eric Nusbaum | February 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOne floor down, the focus of all this scurrying around was bursting into view.
Obama’s Unsung Army of Backstage Volunteers at the Inaugural Balls | Lauren Ashburn | January 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
They looked down at Grandfather Mole, who was still scurrying frantically about the garden.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyBut agitation unlocks wayward fancies and sends them scurrying inopportunely across the very foreground of the mind.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonAs Matt crawled over, he saw a roughly dressed man scurrying to get up the wall at the back of the shelf.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. MatthewsThere followed a yelp, and the animal—coyote or wolf—could be heard scurrying away.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. MatthewsFrom a safe distance Beardsley adjusted his glasses and observed the frantic, scurrying techs, many of them nursing burned hands.
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British Dictionary definitions for scurry
/ (ˈskʌrɪ) /
to move about or proceed hurriedly
(intr) to whirl about
the act or sound of scurrying
a brisk light whirling movement, as of snow
horse racing a short race or sprint
Origin of scurry
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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