scurry
Syllables: scur·ry/ˈskʌ.ɹi/UK/ˈskʌ.ɹi/
scurry verb: to run with quick light steps, to scamper.
Verb
scurry (third-person singular simple present scurries, present participle scurrying, simple past and past participle scurried)
- 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
- Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies
- Synonyms:
- scamper
Noun
scurry (plural scurries)
- A dash.
- Found a fox in Deerstone, and after a great deal of music, and a scurry or two round the wood, went away over Whigford Down, but he was too far before them to make any more quick music […]1845, Sporting Magazine, volume 5, page 25
- Bustle.
- "It is very pleasant here," replied Carrados tranquilly. "Very cool and restful with this armoured steel between us and the dust and scurry of the hot July afternoon above. I propose remaining here for a few minutes longer."1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
Proper noun capitalized: Scurry
Scurry (countable and uncountable, plural Scurrys)
- A surname from Irish.
- A town in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.
scurry meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
scurry in Tamil
- குறுநடையோட்டம்
scurry in Urdu
- جلدی جلدی کرنا, تیز تیز دوڑنا
scurry in Bengali
- দ্রুত, ব্যস্তভাবে দৌড়ানো
scurry in Malayalam
- hasten, hurry, run
- തിരക്കിട്ടോടുക, ധൃതിയായി പായുക, ബദ്ധപ്പെട്ടുപോകുക, മണ്ടിപ്പായുക, പാഞ്ഞുകളയുക, ത്വരിതഗമനം ചെയ്യുക
- race, rush, dash
- ത്വര, തിടുക്കം, ത്വരിതഗമനം, ബദ്ധപ്പെട്ടോടൽ, കതിരാംപാച്ചിൽ, അമ്പരന്നുള്ള ഓട്ടം
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- scurry in Kannada
- ಚೆಚ್ಚರ ಓಡು, ಸರಸರನೆ ಓಡು
Examples of scurry in a sentence
- The turtlet scurried across the sandy beach, its tiny legs moving quickly as it searched for a safe place to hide.
- To the right of the scurry ground, "have a go" archery.
- We are scurrying emmets or pismires with our sad little comedies.
Synonyms of scurry
Forms of scurry
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | scurries |
| present participle | scurrying |
| past participle | scurried |
| past | scurried |
| alternative form (dated) | skurry |
| Noun | |
| plural | scurries |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Scurrys |
Origin of scurry
Perhaps from hurry-skurry, a reduplication of hurry.
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scoireadh (“descendant of Scoireadh”).
Words formed from scurry
Words that rhyme with scurry
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Questions about scurry
- What does scurry mean?
- Scurry means to run with quick light steps, to scamper.
- What is scurry in Tamil?
- Scurry in Tamil is குறுநடையோட்டம். See Scurry meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is scurry?
- Scurry can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce scurry?
- Scurry is pronounced /ˈskʌ.ɹi/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of scurry?
- The past tense of scurry is scurried.
Words near scurry in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: scurry (page history and authors); Scurry (page history and authors); scurry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scurry (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scurry (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scurry (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); scurry (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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