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
Occasionally one scurried in circles around a disabled vehicle, a utility pole or the trunk of a tree.
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C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Collectors have been scurrying to find what are now known as tax scam records ever since.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
Even my hotel, Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp, a 13th-century monastery turned five-star stunner, boasts its own legends: Its subterranean tunnels, now housing a wine cellar, were rumored to scurry away monks’ lovers.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
But scurrying across this land of extreme whiteness is, paradoxically, one of the darkest animals on Earth: a species of velvet ant known as Traumatomutilla bifurca.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Collectors have been scurrying to find what are now known as tax scam records ever since.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
Even my hotel, Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp, a 13th-century monastery turned five-star stunner, boasts its own legends: Its subterranean tunnels, now housing a wine cellar, were rumored to scurry away monks’ lovers.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
But scurrying across this land of extreme whiteness is, paradoxically, one of the darkest animals on Earth: a species of velvet ant known as Traumatomutilla bifurca.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Scurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scurry. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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