Definition of scurries Scurries

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What does scurries mean?

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scurries, verb, present, 3rd person singular of scurry (infinitive).
scurries, noun, plural of scurry.

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Verb scurries, scurrying, scurried
scurry - to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
		scamper, skitter, scuttle
		run become undone; "the sweater unraveled"
		crab fish for crab

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scurry (Verb)
To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

scurry (v. i.)
To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.
scurry (n.)
Act of scurring; hurried movement.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

scurry
skur′i, v.i. to hurry along: to scamper.—n. a flurry—also Skurr′y.—n. Hurr′y-scurr′y, heedless haste. [An extended form of scour.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

scurry
Perhaps from the Anglo-Saxon scur, a heavy shower, a sudden squall. It now means a hurried movement; it is more especially applied to seals or penguins taking to the water in fright.

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scurry, verb, present, 1st person singular of scurry (infinitive).
scurry, verb (infinitive).
scurry, noun, singular of scurries.

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