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HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS

Scurry

POS

Adjective, Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)

HYPHEN

scur=ry

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Scurry has 1 sense

scurry(n = noun.act) scamper, scramble - rushing about hastily in an undignified way; Array

is a kind of haste, hurry, rush, rushing

Derived form verb scurry₁

Verb Scurry has 1 sense

scurry(v = verb.motion) scamper, scuttle, skitter - to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"

is one way to run

Derived form noun scurry₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Scurry, v. i. [Cf. Scur, Skirr.].

To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away. [1913 Webster]

Scurry, n.

Act of scurrying; hurried movement. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Scurry, v. & n.
--v.intr. (-ies, -ied) run or move hurriedly, esp. with short quick steps; scamper.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 the act or sound of scurrying.
2 bustle, haste.
3 a flurry of rain or snow.

Etymology

abbr. of hurry-scurry redupl. of HURRY

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THESAURUS

Scurry

bolt, bundle, burst, burst of speed, bustle, canter, career, chase, crowd, dart, dash, dash off, dash on, dead run, dogtrot, double-time, drive, festinate, flank speed, flat-out speed, fling, flurry, flutter, fly, forced draft, full gallop, gallop, get going, get moving, hand gallop, haste, hasten, headlong rush, heavy right foot, helter-skelter, hie, high lope, hump, hump it, hurry, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hurtle, hustle, jog trot, leap, lope, lose no time, make haste, maximum speed, move quickly, open throttle, plunge, post, press on, push on, race, rip, run, rush, rush through, scamper, scoot, scour, scramble, scud, scuffle, scuttle, shin, shoot, skedaddle, speed, sprint, spurt, step on it, tear, trot, wide-open speed, zip, zoom

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