scurry

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
scurry
    n 1: rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn:
         {scamper}, {scramble}, {scurry}]
    v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the
         extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
         higher ground" [syn: {scurry}, {scamper}, {skitter},
         {scuttle}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Scurry \Scur"ry\, v. i. [Cf. {Scur}, {Skirr}.]
   To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the
   rabbit scurried away.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Scurry \Scur"ry\, n.
   Act of scurrying; hurried movement.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Scurry, TX
  Zip code(s): 75158
    
from U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Scurry -- U.S. County in Texas
   Population (2000):    16361
   Housing Units (2000): 7112
   Land area (2000):     902.498379 sq. miles (2337.459972 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    5.034163 sq. miles (13.038421 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    907.532542 sq. miles (2350.498393 sq. km)
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             32.691737 N, 100.964154 W
   Headwords:
    Scurry
    Scurry, TX
    Scurry County
    Scurry County, TX
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "scurry":
      bolt, bundle, burst, burst of speed, bustle, canter, career, chase,
      crowd, dart, dash, dash off, dash on, dead run, dogtrot,
      double-time, drive, festinate, flank speed, flat-out speed, fling,
      flurry, flutter, fly, forced draft, full gallop, gallop, get going,
      get moving, hand gallop, haste, hasten, headlong rush,
      heavy right foot, helter-skelter, hie, high lope, hump, hump it,
      hurry, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hurtle,
      hustle, jog trot, leap, lope, lose no time, make haste,
      maximum speed, move quickly, open throttle, plunge, post, press on,
      push on, race, rip, run, rush, rush through, scamper, scoot, scour,
      scramble, scud, scuffle, scuttle, shin, shoot, skedaddle, speed,
      sprint, spurt, step on it, tear, trot, wide-open speed, zip,
      zoom

    

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