Scurry

/ˈskʌ.ɹi/

Synonyms for "scurry" (128 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Strong matches (38)

drivefestinateflank speedflat-out speedflingflurryflutterflyforced draftfull gallopgallopget goingget movinghand gallophastehastenheadlong rushheavy right foothelter skelterhelter-skelter
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hiehigh lopehumphump ithurryhurry onhurry scurryhurry throughhurry uphurry-scurry
Verb(2 words)

Related words (64)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

11 entries

More specific

8 entries
dartdashflurrygerbil scurryhustlemouse scurryscuttlesprint

Collocations

12 entries
frenzied scurryrapid scurryscurry aboutscurry acrossscurry awayscurry backscurry of activityscurry of micescurry offscurry to safetyscurrying feetshort scurry

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Rodents scurry on the floor in fear.

Source: tatoeba (8424512)

"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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