verb

scurry

SKUH-ree

verb

To run with short, quick, hurried steps.

"The mice scurried back into their hole when the light came on."

"Commuters scurried across the platform to catch the last train."

noun

A quick, hurried dash or bustle of activity.

"There was a scurry of activity backstage before the curtain rose."

How to Use Scurry

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo move quickly with small, hasty steps, the way a small animal or a rushed person does.

Common pairings

scurry away scurry off a scurry of activity

scurried past tense, scurries plural, Scurrys plural, scurries singular

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There was a _____ of activity backstage before the curtain rose.

Probably a shortening of "hurry-scurry," a rhyming reduplication of "hurry."

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