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Scurrying

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Adjective

1. hurrying, scurrying

moving with great haste

Example Sentences:
'affection for this hurrying driving...little man'
'lashed the scurrying horses'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Scurrying

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verb -ries, -rying or -ried
1. 
to move about or proceed hurriedly
2. (intransitive)
to whirl about
noun plural -ries
3. 
the act or sound of scurrying
4. 
a brisk light whirling movement, as of snow
5. horse racing
a short race or sprint

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Scurrying

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈscurried or ˈscurrying
1. 
to run hastily; scamper
verb transitive
2. 
to cause to scurry
noun
3. 
the act or sound of scurrying
4. 
a short run or race

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Scurrying

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intr.v. scur·ried, scur·ry·ing, scur·ries
1. To go with light running steps; scamper.
2. To flurry or swirl about.
n. pl. scur·ries
1. The act of scurrying.
2. The noise produced by scurrying.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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