Sekirov Dictionary

scurry

/ˈskʌ.ɹi/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun2

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A dash.
- 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 […] — 1845
Bustle.

verb1

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To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
- Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth. — 1964

forms

scurried · scurrying · scurries

Phrases with scurry

scurry away
To run away, especially fearfully.

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