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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. rushing about hastily in an undignified way;
[syn: scamper, scramble, scurry]


VERB (1)

1. to move about or proceed hurriedly;
- Example: "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
[syn: scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scurry \Scur"ry\, v. i. [Cf. Scur, Skirr.]
   To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the
   rabbit scurried away.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scurry \Scur"ry\, n.
   Act of scurrying; hurried movement.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scurry
    n 1: rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn:
         scamper, scramble, scurry]
    v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the
         extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
         higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter,
         scuttle]