scurry

Meaning

Verb

To run with quick light steps, to scamper.

Noun

A dash.

Synonyms

hurry

scamper

rush

hasten

scuttle

sprint

scramble

run

scoot

skitter

dart

🎯

dash

💨

race

speed

haste

fly

✈️

skedaddle

dash about

running about

bustle

hie

hurtle

hustle

lam

leave

make haste

rampage

run along

scud

scuffle

shoot

spin

swirl

take care of

tear

thrust

slope off

turbine

vortex

wear off

whirl

whirlwind

zip

zoom

be flurried

run about

shoot off

be hasty

be flustered

make hurry

scurry about

bolt

scour after

bustle about

buzz off

career

catapult

charge

clear away

clear off

clear out

come away

course

drive away

drive off

flee

fleet

flit

flurry

gallop

get away

go away

Hyphenated as

scur‧ry

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskʌɹ.i/

Etymology

Perhaps from hurry-skurry, a reduplication of hurry.