scurry

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To run away with quick light steps, to scamper

Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.

{i} quick run or movement, scamper, scuttle
to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
{f} scamper, run or move quickly, scuttle
If people scurry to do something, they do it as soon as they can. Pictures of starving children have sent many people scurrying to donate money. = rush. to move quickly with short steps, especially because you are in a hurry (hurry-scurry (18-20 centuries), from hurry)
To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away
to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
Act of scurrying; hurried movement
When people or small animals scurry somewhere, they move there quickly and hurriedly, especially because they are frightened. The attack began, sending residents scurrying for cover
rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scurry to get somewhere
hurry to arrive at a particular place
To scurry
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scurried
past of scurry
scurrying
third-person singular of scurry
scurrying
moving with great haste; "affection for this hurrying driving little man"; "lashed the scurrying horses"
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