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Definitions: Scurry |
ScurryNoun1. Rushing about hastily in an undignified way. Verb1. To move about or proceed hurriedly: "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground.". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scurry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
Synonyms: ScurrySynonyms: scramble (n), scamper (v), scuttle (v), skitter (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Scurry |
| English words defined with "scurry": Skelter, Skurry. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "scurry": Hurry-skurry. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Nothing but undeveloped, unevolved, barely conscience pond scum, totally convinced of their own superiority as they scurry about in short pointless lives. (Men in Black; writing credit: Ed Solomon) | |
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 | Squeal; rev; high-speed; rushing; bustle; celerity; commotion; dash; dispatch; drive; expedition; expeditiousness; flurry; haste; precipitance; precipitateness; precipitation; promptitude; push; quickness; rush; rustle; scurry; speediness; swiftness; urge. | | Squeal; rev; high-speed; rushing; bustle; celerity; commotion; dash; dispatch; drive; expedition; expeditiousness; flurry; haste; precipitance; precipitateness; precipitation; promptitude; push; quickness; rush; rustle; scurry; speediness; swiftness; urge. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Scurry" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 43.33% of the time. "Scurry" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 43.33% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (singular) | 30% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 26.67% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 30 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "scurry" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Scurry | Last name | 1,000 | 8,988 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Scurry, TX |
Expressions using "scurry": scurry about ♦ scurry away ♦ scurry by ♦ Scurry County ♦ scurry of dust ♦ scurry of rain ♦ scurry of snow ♦ scurry off ♦ scurry past ♦ scurry through ♦ snow scurry. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "scurry": hurry-scurry. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scurry | 9 |
scurry tx | 9 |
isd rosser scurry | 9 |
briana scurry | 8 |
scurry texas | 7 |
brianna scurry | 6 |
derrick scurry | 6 |
scurry county texas | 5 |
scurry county | 4 |
scurry rosser | 3 |
briana picture scurry | 2 |
briana goalie scurry | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scurry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vrap (run, running, skip), lëvizje e shpejtë (dart, dash, flight, flirt, whisk), gjë që lëvizet shpejtë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هرول (hurry, jog, run, rush, trot), تسرع (haste, hastiness, play fast and loose, precipitate, precipitation, rashness, rough and ready, run, slapdash), عدا (besides, chase, course, forswear, heel, lope, pace, patter, run, scuttle, sprint, spurt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | суетя се (flutter, niggle), суетня (alarms and excursions, bustle, hoopla, pother), щуря се, тичане (double time, run), тичам (chase, course, go after, leg it, lick, race, run, run about, scamper about, skitter, tear, tear along), шум от бързи стъпки, шетня (chore, stir), кратко надбягване, бързане (haste, hurry, hurry-scurry, rush), бягане (cut, run, running, scamper, scuttle), бягам (course, cut, flee, lick, pelt, run, run away, shirk), препускане (tantivy), препускам (course, fly, hump, race, rip, spur, tantivy), припкам (trot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 疾走 (scamper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | spìchat (fling away, hasten, hie, hurry, hurry up, speed), mihnout se kolem (zip past). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مسابقه کوتاه , حرکت تندوسریع (Bob, Jerk, Scud), حرکت ازروی دست پاچگی , سراسیمگی , بسرعت حرکت دادن (Course). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hoppu (haste, hurry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | se précipiter, trottiner (scamper), filer toute allure (scorch), courir toute vitesse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | hasten (hasten, hurry, hustle, scat, skelter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπεύδω (buck up, haste, hasten, hie, hurry, hustle, rush, scurry about, speed), στρόβιλοσ (swirl, turbine, twirl, vortex, whirl, whirlwind), φεύγω (buzz off, clear away, clear off, clear out, come away, drive away, drive off, flee, fleet, fly, get away, go away, go off, leave, pull out, run along, slope off, take oneself off, wear off), τρέχω (course, dash, race, rampage, run, rush, scoot, scour after, scud, speed, spin, sprint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sietség (despatch, diligence, dispatch, expedience, expediency, haste, hurry, hustle, scuttle, tearing hurry, trepidancy, trepidation, trepidity), rohanás (burst, career, run, running, rush, scud, scuttle), hirtelen hóvihar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | terburu-buru (dashing, hasty, hurried). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | corsa veloce, correre velocemente (tear), affrettarsi (go, go fast, hasten, hie, hurry, hurry up, hustle, rush, scramble, speed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | roie (bolt, burst, charging, charging as animals, cursive; full retreat, dart, draught, draught ale, flow, flowing, flying, ladder, race, range, run, shooting, shooting as pain, slip, smuggle; running, smuggling, sprinting), driss (haste, hurry, rush, spurt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urryscay turbilhão de neve, pressa (ado, bustle, haste, hastiness, hurry, hustle, rustle, speed), fuga (bolt, break, bunk, Chevy, escape, exfiltration, flight, flying, fulcrum, getter, Lam, leak, leakage, loophole, loss, scape, trail), debandada (stampede), correr precipitadamente (scamper), chuva batida pelo vento, apressar-se (buck, hie, hotfoot, hurry, moveless, run, speed). (various references) fugã (be quick, bolt, bunk, career, course, escape, flight, fugue, getaway, hurry on, leak, leg-bail, lick, look sharp, make haste, run, running, rush, scamper, scuttle, slip, stampede), debandadã (confusion, disorder, helter-skelter, hurry-scurry, rout, stampede), alergãturã (come and go, course, running), învãlmãşealã (bustle, confusion, crowd, hubbub, scrimmage, scuffle, squash, stampede, stir, struggle, throng, turmoil). (various references) суета (ado, bustle, bustling, fuss, kerfuffle, stir, to-do, vanity), снегопад (fall of snow, snowfall, snow-fall), беготня. (various references) mećava (blizzard, snowstorm), kijamet, jurnjava (chasing, clutter, hurry, rush), juriti (barrel, chase, run, rush, scud, scuttle). (various references) huida (bolt, break, desertion, escape, exodus, flight, lam, scuttle, shy), correr (blow, chase, draw, flow, gallop, go about, go around, go it, go round, hare, hie, hurry, lap, nip, pour, publish, race, run, run along, scour, scud, scuttle, shoot, slide, stream, travel, zap), carrera (baptist cone, bearer, bolster, bound, cap, career, chase, dash, displacement, ladder, lift, line, race, run, running start, rush, scud, spring, sprint, stroke, throw, track, travel, traverse). (various references) springa (burst, chink, course, cranny, crevice, hare, interstice, jump, leg it, opening, pop, race, run, slit, slot, vent). (various references) koşturma, koşmak (career, clip, course, harness, jog, leg, leg it, run, rush, scamper, scamper about, scour, shin, team, yoke), kısa at yarışı, hızla kaçmak, hızla kaçma, acele etmek (be in a hurry, buck up, come along, drive, get a move on, hasten, hie, hotfoot, hotfoot it, hurry, hurry up, hustle, make haste, put a jerk in it, rush, scour, scour about, shake a leg, step on it, streak, trot), acele etme. (various references) швидкий рух (feeze), метушитися (bustle, clutter, fidget, fluster, fuss, fuss about, trot about), злива з вітром, поспішати (be in haste, bustle, hasten, hie, hurry, push forward, speed, swiften). (various references) sự chạy lon ton (scutter), sự chạy gấp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scurry": scurrying. (additional references) | |
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"Scurry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mccurry, Scardroy, Scory, scry, scuri, scurr, scurril, scurt, scury, scurz, sicuri, skiry, skorry, skury, sucrry, sucurre, sucurry. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "scurry" (pronounced sker"ē) |
| 3 | -k er" ē | Currie. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-r-r-s-u-y" | |
-1 letter: currs, curry. | |
-2 letters: crus, curr, curs, scry. | |
-3 letters: cry, cur. | |
-4 letters: us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-r-r-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: cursory. | |
+3 letters: carryouts, corduroys, currishly, cursorily, scurrying, surrogacy. | |
+4 letters: courtyards, currycombs, precursory, scurrility, squirarchy. | |
+5 letters: churchyards, cryosurgeon, cryosurgery, irrecusably, persecutory, rancorously, recursively, squirearchy, subcontrary. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 75 72 72 79 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. ..- .-. .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01110101 01110010 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c u r r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0075 0072 0072 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536987848491 |
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