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SCURRY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: scurried   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rushing about hastily in an undignified way

Synonyms:

scamper; scramble; scurry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("scurry" is a kind of...):

haste; hurry; rush; rushing (the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner)

Derivation:

scurry (to move about or proceed hurriedly)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To move about or proceed hurriedly

Example:

so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground

Synonyms:

scamper; scurry; scuttle; skitter

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "scurry" is one way to...):

run (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scurry"):

crab (scurry sideways like a crab)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

scurry (rushing about hastily in an undignified way)

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