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scurried

scurried is the simple past and past participle of scurry.

Meaning of scurry

Verb

scurry (third-person singular simple present scurries, present participle scurrying, simple past and past participle scurried)

  1. To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
    • Shakespeare has gone back to the formula of last season, by encouraging his players to press high up the pitch and restoring Shinji Okazaki to the starting XI to scurry around between midfield and attack.2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian
    Synonyms:
    scamper

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Phrases with scurried

Questions about scurried

What is scurried the simple past and past participle of?
Scurried is the simple past and past participle of scurry.

Words near scurried in the dictionary

  1. scurred
  2. scurrick
  3. scurricks
  4. scurrid
  5. scurrids
  6. scurried
  7. scurried away
  8. scurrier
  9. scurriers
  10. scurries
  11. scurries away

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