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scurry

UK/ˈskʌ.ɹi/ US/ˈskʌ.ɹi/ uncommon
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

to move about or proceed hurriedly

  • “so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground”
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Origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scoireadh (“descendant of Scoireadh”).

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