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SCURRY

\skˈʌɹi], \skˈʌɹi], \s_k_ˈʌ_ɹ_i]\

Definitions of SCURRY

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Act of scurring; hurried movement.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Act of scurring; hurried movement.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To hasten or move rapidly along.
A hurried movement.
Scurrying.
A disease of the blood caused by lack of vegetable food or lime juice, and marked by great weakness, thinness of the body, bleeding gums, etc.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To hurry; scamper. Skurry.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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