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
Rats scurry across the halls, smuggled in inadvertently between the folds of a homeless man’s clothes.
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
Runner, sprinter, bolter, scarper, scurrying 'fighter'.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
No sooner does this boat arrive in Germany than rats scurry everywhere and instances of plague break out.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
The crowds gathered in the park, the children scurried to the front and sat, cross-legged, staring up in awe at him.
—Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
Runner, sprinter, bolter, scarper, scurrying 'fighter'.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
No sooner does this boat arrive in Germany than rats scurry everywhere and instances of plague break out.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
The crowds gathered in the park, the children scurried to the front and sat, cross-legged, staring up in awe at him.
—Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Scurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scurry. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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