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Scurry Common

Scurry has 5 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

rushing about hastily in an undignified way

2

A dash.

Verb
1

to move about or proceed hurriedly

"so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"

2

To run with quick light steps, to scamper.

Proper Noun
1

A surname, from Irish​.

See Also
scurries scurrying skitter scuttle scour scurried kaufman county beetle
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
haste run
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
crab
Rhyming Words
rry arry erry urry orry harry perry lurry jarry larry worry marry merry jerry durry corry furry hurry kerry gurry
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