Rodents scurry on the floor in fear.
Source: tatoeba (8424512)
Scurry
//ˈskʌ.ɹi//
Synonyms for "scurry" (96 found)
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Closest matches (20)
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Related words (48)
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4 entriesetymologically related_to
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48 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- припкам verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- тичам verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Czech
1 entries- utíkat verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Dutch
2 entries- hollen verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- snellen verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Esperanto
1 entries- krabli verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Finnish
2 entries- kipittää verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- vipeltää verb (to run away with quick light steps)
French
2 entries- détaler verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- se sauver verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Galician
1 entries- fuxir verb (to run away with quick light steps)
German
3 entries- hasten verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- huschen verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- vorbeihuschen verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Hungarian
4 entries- inal verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- iramodik verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- iszkol verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- oson verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Irish
2 entries- scinn verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- sciurd verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Italian
3 entries- fuggire verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- scappare verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- svignarsela verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Macedonian
2 entries- при́пка verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- тр́чка verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Māori
2 entries- karapetapeta verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- tuoma verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Polish
4 entries- mknąć verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- pomknąć verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- popędzić verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- pędzić verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Russian
2 entries- мча́ться verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- нести́сь verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- trčkarati verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Spanish
1 entries- corretear verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Swedish
1 entries- kila verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Turkish
4 entries- acele etmek verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- hızla kaçmak verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- koşmak verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- koşturmak verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Ukrainian
3 entries- метушитися verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- мчатися verb (to run away with quick light steps)
- поспішати verb (to run away with quick light steps)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
"Go on. Scurry on home little one."
Source: tatoeba (11535885)
Shadowy figures scurry across the street.
Source: tatoeba (11990624)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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