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scurring

scurring is the present participle and gerund of scur.

Meaning of scur

Verb

scur (third-person singular simple present scurs, present participle scurring, simple past and past participle scurred)

  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete) To move hastily; to scour.
    • Here he whistled, and the animal, who was scurring over the field , and occasionally kicking up his heels, instantly returned with a gentle neigh.1843, George Borrow, The Bible in Spain, London: Cassell and Company, Ltd.

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Questions about scurring

What is scurring the present participle and gerund of?
Scurring is the present participle and gerund of scur.

Words near scurring in the dictionary

  1. scurrilizes
  2. scurrilizing
  3. scurrilous
  4. scurrilously
  5. scurrilousness
  6. scurring
  7. scurrinid
  8. scurrinids
  9. scurrisome
  10. scurry
  11. scurry away

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