Adjective: scurrying skur-ee-ing or skú-ree-ing [N. Amer], skú-ree-ing [Brit]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]
See also: fast
Type of: go, locomote, move, run, travel
Encyclopedia: Scurry, William