Verb: scurry skur-ee or skú-ree [N. Amer], skú-ree [Brit]
- To move about or proceed hurriedly
"so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground";
- scamper, skitter, scuttle, scutter [Brit], beetle [informal]
- Rushing about hastily in an undignified way
"The children's scurry through the house left a trail of mess";
- scamper, scramble, scutter [Brit]
Derived forms: scurries, scurried, scurrying
Type of: go, haste, hurry, locomote, move, run, rush, rushing, travel
Encyclopedia: Scurry, William