to scurry
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3.1
- verb
- /ˈskɜːri/
:
apresurarse
- The children scurried across the playground to avoid the rain.
- scurry away
- scurry back
- scurry to find
And she's like white people, like white people and scurries off into the wall, disappears.
- And she's like white people, like white people and scurries off into the wall, disappears.
- And, you know, we're like, I always think we're like the toddler, you know, like we, we left our mother's legs, you know, and scurried out to the moon.
- But it's hard to achieve that when you're always waiting for the next explosion, when you feel, in essence, like you have to be ready to scurry or retreat.
- Let's get this little, let's get this sound animal right here and let this little bastard scurry through our freaking lives.
Examples
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But we lived up there for five years, and the only time we came down was to get supplies and then just scurry back up.
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He scurried through the darkness of the city streets.
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But you should scurry back there as quickly as possible.
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When their work is complete, the workers scurry to the safety of their dark home.
Academic text (2006) -
I quickly drop my box and scurry to help him put it together.
Fiction book (1992) -
Like people, they scurried back down.
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The sound of Gideon and Suzie arriving makes them scurry to get the cards put away.
Fiction book (1990) -
When meals were being served, the waitresses scurried in and out carrying their heavy trays.
Fiction book (1992) -
Fanny glances at her son, crosses herself, and scurries into the castle, unnoticed.
Fiction book (1991) -
Everywhere I looked, Bostonians in heavy winter clothing scurried past, their arms laden with brightly wrapped packages.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
To move or act quickly because there is little time
548
1.0
To move or act quickly because a situation needs it
73
1.0
To move very quickly to reach a place
31
5.5
To move quickly with short hurried steps, often to hide or escape
29
2.8
Move a short distance quickly, often to make room or hurry
22
3.2
To move quickly with small, light, playful steps
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6.1
To move quickly and lightly from one place to another
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9.3
To run away quickly because you are afraid
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6.1
To move lightly and quickly, often in short quick steps like a leaf or small animal
7
3.9
Move quickly to do something
5
7.2
Leave quickly to go somewhere or to avoid trouble
1
9.0
Move quickly on foot to escape or reach a place fast
1
9.1
Leave quickly, often because you are scared
1
8.2
To move quickly with short, hurried steps when you feel nervous
1
5.8
To move quickly and lightly away, often because something scares you
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2.7
To move quickly in one direction
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4.6
To move quickly in a worried or confused way
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8.4
To go away quickly because you are in a hurry
To move quickly with short, hurried steps because of fear
Move very fast along a street or path
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scurry probably comes from old local words that meant 'to move quickly', and it looks like the common word hurry with an s- at the start. Think of a mouse taking short, fast steps, and you will remember that to scurry means to move quickly in short, hurried steps.