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scurrying

[skur-ee, skuhr-ee] Origin

scur·ry

[skur-ee, skuhr-ee] verb, -ried, -ry·ing, noun, plural -ries.
verb (used without object)
1.
to go or move quickly or in haste.
verb (used with object)
2.
to send hurrying along.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
noun
3.
a scurrying rush: the scurry of little feet on the stairs.
4.
a short run or race.

Origin:
1800–10; extracted from hurry-scurry
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scurry
1810, perhaps from hurry-scurry (1732), a reduplication of hurry.
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