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Definition of Scurrying
1. Adjective. Moving with great haste. "Lashed the scurrying horses"
Definition of Scurrying
1. Verb. (third-person singular of scurry) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scurrying
1. scurry [v] - See also: scurry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scurrying
Literary usage of Scurrying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Looters of the Public Domain by Stephen A. Douglas Puter, Horace Stevens (1907)
"... and his presence causes a general scurrying to shelter by the two female
defendants, as well as considerable anxiety on the part of FP Mays. ..."
2. Cats in a Chowder by Fred J Schneider (2006)
"Psychotic housewives read the news and panicked, scurrying to the mall to buy
kerosene heaters. They battened down through the holidays snug in their ..."
3. The New Society by Walther Rathenau (1921)
"But the scurrying of the intellectual speculator from the position which has
failed into the position which has won, with the full intention of scurrying ..."
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