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   scurry

   /ˈskʌri/

   verb

   • 1. (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps: "pedestrians scurried for cover"

   noun

   • 1. a situation of hurried and confused movement: "I was in such a scurry" Similar rushracedashrunsprintscamperscamperingscuttlescuttlingscramblescramblingbustlebustlingtrothurryscutterscutteringOpposite stroll
   • 2. a flurry of rain or snow: "the sled disappeared in a scurry of snow" Similar swarmcloudflockhordethrongbustlemaelstromturmoilflurrywhirlflood

   Word Origin early 19th century: abbreviation of hurry-scurry, reduplication of hurry.

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