English

Verb

scurry ‎(third-person singular simple present scurries, present participle scurrying, simple past and past participle scurried)

1. To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
   • 1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies

     Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.

Derived terms

• scurry away
• scurry off

Translations

Noun

scurry ‎(plural scurries)

1. A dash.
   • 1845, Sporting Magazine (volume 5, page 25)

     Found a fox in Deerstone, and after a great deal of music, and a scurry or two round the wood, went away over Whigford Down, but he was too far before them to make any more quick music […]

Anagrams

• currys