scurry
verb
[ ˈskʌri ]
• (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps.
• "pedestrians scurried for cover"
Similar:
scamper,
scuttle,
bustle,
skip,
trot,
hurry,
hasten,
make haste,
rush,
race,
dash,
run,
sprint,
scutter,
scoot,
beetle,
scurry
noun
• a situation of hurried and confused movement.
• "I was in such a scurry"
Similar:
rush,
race,
dash,
run,
sprint,
scamper,
scampering,
scuttle,
scuttling,
scramble,
scrambling,
bustle,
bustling,
trot,
hurry,
scutter,
scuttering,
• a flurry of rain or snow.
• "the sled disappeared in a scurry of snow"
Similar:
swarm,
cloud,
flock,
horde,
throng,
bustle,
maelstrom,
turmoil,
flurry,
whirl,
flood,
Origin:
early 19th century: abbreviation of hurry-scurry, reduplication of hurry.
