scurry

scur·ry

intransitive verb \ˈskər-ē, ˈskə-rē\

scur·riedscur·ry·ing

Definition of SCURRY

1

: to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper

2

: to move around in an agitated, confused, or fluttering manner

— scurry noun

Examples of SCURRY

1. She scurried off to finish the job.
2. Mice scurried around the house.

Origin of SCURRY

short for hurry-scurry, reduplication of hurry

First Known Use: 1810

Related to SCURRY

Synonyms

barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, hurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom

Antonyms

crawl, creep, poke

Related Words

beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle; stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz); gallop, jog, sprint; accelerate, quicken, step out; catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake; arrow, beeline

Near Antonyms

dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry; amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll; decelerate, slow (down or up)

Rhymes with SCURRY

blurry, burry, curry, flurry, furry, dhurrie, gurry, hurry, Moray, murrey, slurry, spurrey, surrey, whirry, worry