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Adjective: scurrying  skur-ee-ing or skú-ree-ing [N. Amer], skú-ree-ing [Brit]
  1. Moving with great haste
    "lashed the scurrying horses";
    - hurrying
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, scutter [Brit]

See also: fast

Type of: run

Encyclopedia: Scurry, William

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