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SCURRYING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scurrying mean?
• SCURRYING (adjective)
The adjective SCURRYING has 1 sense:
1. moving with great haste
Familiarity information: SCURRYING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moving with great haste
Synonyms:
hurrying; scurrying
Context example:
lashed the scurrying horses
Similar:
fast (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly)
Context examples
Men were scurrying down the gang-plank to the shore.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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