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scurry

[skur-ee, skuhr-ee]

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verb (used without object)

to go or move quickly or in haste.

verb (used with object)

to send hurrying along.

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noun

a scurrying rush: the scurry of little feet on the stairs.

a short run or race.

Origin:
1800–10; extracted from hurry-scurry

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Example Sentences

Scurry dived to her left, got a hand on the ball but could not keep it out of the net.

On campus you scurry past us in the halls, being careful not to learn our names.

Lizards can scurry across ceilings and dash across water.

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Scurry dived to her left, got a hand on the ball but could not keep it out of the net.

On campus you scurry past us in the halls, being careful not to learn our names.

Lizards can scurry across ceilings and dash across water.

Nut-obsessed squirrels scurry around collecting and secreting away food for the future.

Kids will watch them scurry around transparent burrows longer than they'll watch the lions.

Insects, spiders and other tiny monsters that scurry across floors or fly through the air are frightening enough.

Scurry couldn't catch a cold in that game and is so old she can't even get a goal kick past half field.

We are now watching the rats scurry about before they start jumping.

Snakes, crocodiles, and crabs scurry and swim about the forest floor.

Of course all of these have been show to you repeatedly and all you do is scurry off.

The field marshal in charge of the rocket base looks on, while launch pad workers scurry in the upper left background.

They can't fly, but they can scurry quite quickly over floors, walls and ceilings.

More companies than before now plan to avoid a last-minute scurry.

People scurry around franticly to get their own sliver of this prized spot.

Collapsing banks and constricting credit markets have compelled many newly risk-averse investors to scurry for the sidelines.

Men and women in tattered coats and worn sneakers scurry out of bakeries and snack shops, jostling to get on the bus.

Saussure's shrews are among the smaller creatures that scurry about.

They also used particle systems to create clusters of iridescent worms, fish, and fireflies that scurry and drift about you.

Few things make publishers and agents scurry away faster than short stories.

Asiatic ibex scurry over rocks and along steep drops as white-tailed eagles and osprey soar overhead.

Press the corresponding button on this repeller, and the critter will scurry away.

Jackals sleep in the nearby caves while desert hares scurry across the sand, dodging vultures.

Pine martens scurry along high branches, sniffing the air for small rodent prey.

Let him leave the few furry and feathered inhabitants of our city alone to scurry and scamper and provide a morning bird song.

These things would scurry around on the bottom and blow themselves up on command whenever they find a mine.

Amid the wailing and quiet moans of the children, nurses scurry about with vials, syringes and wet cloths.

They developed special toes that let them cling to wet leaves and scurry up slippery vines.

We no longer look to college presidents to be intellectual leaders as they scurry about raising money.

They use their arms to scurry along the ocean floor.

Ours quickly loses his temper as journalists on different deadlines scurry in different directions.

The wound ultimately killed him, but not before he was able to scurry up the mountain in a futile attempt at escape.

Engineers retract the legs in pairs while plows scurry to pack snow beneath each column.

They sidle up to her in restaurants or scurry over when she is filling her car.

Other birds hunt insects as they scurry from niches in the rain forest canopy.

As suburbia has spread and built up, the deer herds have not had to scurry for food.

Flippen steal the provision and scurry back to the settlement by boat.

Teahouse keepers and porters now scurry ever farther down-valley to retrieve timber from the descending tree line.

Several freshly painted white blocks have been provided but they have become mere furniture for the mice to scurry over.

Many fans scurry from the parking lots to the stadium and back again, fearful of crime.

Fans in the first and second rows of seats had to scurry for safety as the players' momentum carried them off the court.

Though he has pulled this same trick on them several times a day for weeks, the idiot birds scurry back into the barn.

The wild, overgrown garden was full of the whisper and scurry of small lives.

The newborns scurry to save their lives by making it into the sea before the birds attack.

Then if luck is on their side, or if the show is a clunker, they scurry to empty seats.

Slightly mad scientists would scurry among test tubes and shelves of body parts.

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World English Dictionary

scurry (ˈskʌrɪ)

—vb , -ries, -rying, -ried
1.	to move about or proceed hurriedly
2.	(intr) to whirl about

—n , -ries, -rying, -ried, -ries
3.	the act or sound of scurrying
4.	a brisk light whirling movement, as of snow
5.	horse racing a short race or sprint

[C19: probably shortened from hurry-scurry]

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Word Origin & History

scurry

1810, perhaps from hurry-scurry (1732), a reduplication of hurry.

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