From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscurryscur‧ry /ˈskʌri $ ˈskɜːri/ verb (scurried, scurrying, scurries) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] RUNto move quickly with short steps, especially because you are in a hurry People were scurrying off to work. —scurry noun [singular]→ See Verb table
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scurry• At the Bibelot book shop, I scurry about from aisle to aisle.• His aides scurried about, murmuring to each other in Russian.• The witches were ushered to the area in front of the thrones, and then Millie scurried away.• Knots of people scurried in the snowy rain.• They hear a scurrying in the tree above their heads.• He was imagining them as they scurried to and fro like rats, like rabbits, when farmers burnt the stubble off their fields.• It is recognition of this reality that has set the nations of the world scurrying to respond.Origin scurry (1800-1900) hurry-scurry ((18-20 centuries)), from hurry 