Meaning

2 senses

  1. A dash.

  2. Bustle.

More definitions
  • rushing about hastily in an undignified way

Examples

27 sentences

  1. A mouse scurried out of the hole.

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  2. Sami scurried back to his desk.

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  3. Ziri scurried away to his room.

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  4. Dmitri heard something scurrying towards him.

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  5. The wombat scurried for its den.

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Origin

Perhaps from hurry-skurry, a reduplication of hurry.

Perhaps from hurry-skurry, a reduplication of hurry.

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Forms

plural: scurries

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sculptureB1scumscurvyscuttle

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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