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Verb: scurry  skur-ee or skú-ree [N. Amer], skú-ree [Brit]
  1. To move about or proceed hurriedly
    "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground";
    - scamper, skitter, scuttle
Noun: scurry  skur-ee or skú-ree [N. Amer], skú-ree [Brit]
  1. Rushing about hastily in an undignified way
    - scamper, scramble

Derived forms: scurries, scurrying, scurried

Type of: haste, hurry, run, rush, rushing

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