Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scurry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scurry \Scur"ry\, v. i. [Cf. {Scur}, {Skirr}.]
To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the
rabbit scurried away.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scurry \Scur"ry\, n.
Act of scurring; hurried movement.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scurry
n : rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn: {scamper},
{scramble}]
v : to move about or proceed hurriedly: "so terrified by the
extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
higher ground." [syn: {scamper}, {skitter}, {scuttle}]
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