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
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
By late morning, staffers were scurrying around the Athenaeum, as production trucks were parked up and down the street.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
Knights was concerned that after scurrying 20 meters (66 feet) up a tree, high on adrenaline, the koala might slowly deteriorate and die on the branch or be attacked again after climbing down.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 28 Sep. 2024
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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
By late morning, staffers were scurrying around the Athenaeum, as production trucks were parked up and down the street.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
Knights was concerned that after scurrying 20 meters (66 feet) up a tree, high on adrenaline, the koala might slowly deteriorate and die on the branch or be attacked again after climbing down.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Scurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scurry. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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