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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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]