Synonyms
- barrel
- belt
- blast
- blaze
- blow
- bolt
- bomb [slang]
- bowl
- breeze
- bundle
- bustle
- buzz
- cannonball
- careen
- career
- chase
- course
- crack (on)
- dash
- drive
- fly
- hare
- hasten
- hie
- highball
- hotfoot (it)
- hump
- hurl
- hurry
- hurtle
- hustle
- jet
- jump
- motor
- nip
- pelt
- race
- ram
- rip
- rocket
- run
- rush
- rustle
- scoot
- scuttle
- shoot
- speed
- step
- tear
- travel
- trot
- whirl
- whisk
- zip
- zoom
Examples of scurry in a Sentence
Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024
Such tensions have left the Biden administration scurrying to rebuild bridges in the historically Democratic stronghold.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024
As the survivors of the 110th Brigade scurried west past covering units on the edge of Avdiivka early on Saturday, a Ukrainian air force missile battery shot down at least one—and potentially several—Russian Sukhoi fighter-bombers 60 miles east of the Avdiivka.
—David Axe, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
Forgive us for going perhaps a trifle overboard in terms of attention, but this isn't just a bunch of inordinately large men leaning on each other while some smaller guys scurry around them.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2024
The cat would come out and take some food but scurry back to it's hiding spot soon after.
—Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024
Pelphrey finally let out a shout and laughed as Matilda, fed up with the chase, scurried off.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
After that, the tables are swept away, the music gets cranked up, and those looking for a little wine and light conversation go scurrying elsewhere.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
Johnson and Hernández scurried away after the tumble.
—USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
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Word History
short for hurry-scurry, reduplication of hurry
1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Scurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scurry. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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