Scurry,

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:



  Scurry \Scur"ry\, n.
     Act of scurrying; hurried movement.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scurry
       n : rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn: {scamper},
            {scramble}]
       v : to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the
           extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
           higher ground" [syn: {scamper}, {skitter}, {scuttle}]
       [also: {scurried}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Scurry, TX
    Zip code(s): 75158

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  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