scurrying

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noun

The motion of something that scurries.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of scurry
nounscurrying (plural scurryings)

plural scurryings

  1. The motion of something that scurries.

    Archivists and librarians are the unsung worker ants whose scurryings make books such as this one possible.

    2007, Charlotte Sleigh, Six Legs Better: A Cultural History of Myrmecology

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivemoving with great haste

Similar
hurryingfast
Also see
hurrying

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From scurry + -ing.

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APA

scurrying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scurrying

MLA

“scurrying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scurrying. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scurrying,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scurrying.

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