scurried; scurrying
1
: to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper
2
: to move around in an agitated, confused, or fluttering manner
scurry
noun
Synonyms
- barrel
- belt
- blast
- blaze
- blow
- bolt
- bomb [slang]
- bowl
- breeze
- bundle
- bustle
- buzz
- cannonball
- careen
- career
- chase
- course
- crack (on)
- dash
- drive
- fly
- hare
- hasten
- hie
- highball
- hotfoot (it)
- hump
- hurl
- hurry
- hurtle
- hustle
- jet
- jump
- motor
- nip
- pelt
- race
- ram
- rip
- rocket
- run
- rush
- rustle
- scoot
- scuttle
- shoot
- speed
- step
- tear
- travel
- trot
- whirl
- whisk
- zip
- zoom
Examples of scurry in a Sentence
She scurried off to finish the job.
Mice scurried around the house.
Recent Examples on the Web
The animal then seems to sniff something before turning its body to scurry away.
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Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
These hubs were beacons of hope while corporate landowners scurried for cover and FEMA's aid trickled in too slowly.
—Kaniela Ing, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
Children across the country will be scurrying door-to-door on Thursday, dressed in costumes and hunting vigorously for that house giving out full-size candy bars.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
And the wind walks through the dry pines beyond, scurrying over the cemetery sand,
past the leaning stones, the names of the pilots.
—Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
These hubs were beacons of hope while corporate landowners scurried for cover and FEMA's aid trickled in too slowly.
—Kaniela Ing, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
Children across the country will be scurrying door-to-door on Thursday, dressed in costumes and hunting vigorously for that house giving out full-size candy bars.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
And the wind walks through the dry pines beyond, scurrying over the cemetery sand,
past the leaning stones, the names of the pilots.
—Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for scurry
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“Scurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scurry. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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