Scurry
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: scur + ry
- Rhymes: -ÊŒri
Origin
Perhaps from hurry-skurry, a reduplication of hurry.
Full definition of scurry
Verb
- To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
- 1964, William Golding, Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.