scurry

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see also: Scurry

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈskʌɹi/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈskɝɹi/

Verb

scurry

1. To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
   • 1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies

     Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.

Synonyms

• (run with quick light steps) scamper
• (do things quickly) hurry, zoom; see also Thesaurus:rush

Translations

• French: détaler, se sauver
• German: hasten, huschen, vorbeihuschen
• Italian: fuggire, scappare, svignarsela
• Russian: мча́ться

Noun

scurry (plural scurries)

1. A dash.
   • 1845, Sporting Magazine (volume 5, page 25)

     Found a fox in Deerstone, and after a great deal of music, and a scurry or two round the wood, went away over Whigford Down, but he was too far before them to make any more quick music […]

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Scurry

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Proper noun

1. Surname
2. A town in Kaufman County, Texas.

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