Scurry

English

Verb

Scurry (third-person singular simple present scurries, present participle Scurrying, simple past and past participle scurried)

1. To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
   • 1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies

     Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.

Derived terms

• scurry away
• scurry off

Thesaurus

bolt, bundle, burst, burst of speed, bustle, canter, career, chase, crowd, dart, dash, dash off, dash on, dead run, dogtrot, double-time, drive, festinate, flank speed, flat-out speed, fling, flurry, flutter, fly, forced draft, full gallop, gallop, get going, get moving, hand gallop, haste, hasten, headlong rush, heavy right foot, helter-skelter, hie, high lope, hump, hump it, hurry, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hurtle, hustle, jog trot, leap, lope, lose no time, make haste, maximum speed, move quickly, open throttle, plunge, post, press on, push on, race, rip, run, rush, rush through, scamper, scoot, scour, scramble, scud, scuffle, scuttle, shin, shoot, skedaddle, speed, sprint, spurt, step on it, tear, trot, wide-open speed, zip, zoom

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: scur‧ry
• Rhymes: -ʌri

Translations

to run away with quick light steps

Finnish: kipittää (fi), vipeltää (fi) French: détaler (fr), se sauver (fr)

Russian: нестись

Anagrams

• currys