Search Result for "scurry":
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]


U.S. Gazetteer (1990):

Scurry, TX
  Zip code(s): 75158


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

82 Moby Thesaurus words for "scurry":
   bolt, bundle, burst, burst of speed, bustle, canter, career, chase,
   crowd, dart, dash, dash off, dash on, dead run, dogtrot,
   double-time, drive, festinate, flank speed, flat-out speed, fling,
   flurry, flutter, fly, forced draft, full gallop, gallop, get going,
   get moving, hand gallop, haste, hasten, headlong rush,
   heavy right foot, helter-skelter, hie, high lope, hump, hump it,
   hurry, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hurtle,
   hustle, jog trot, leap, lope, lose no time, make haste,
   maximum speed, move quickly, open throttle, plunge, post, press on,
   push on, race, rip, run, rush, rush through, scamper, scoot, scour,
   scramble, scud, scuffle, scuttle, shin, shoot, skedaddle, speed,
   sprint, spurt, step on it, tear, trot, wide-open speed, zip,
   zoom