skitter

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to run
runShe saw him running down the street.
sprintI had to sprint to catch the bus.
jog"What do you do to keep fit?" "I jog and go swimming."
raceHe raced up the stairs to answer the phone.
rushEveryone rushed to the door when the alarm went off.
dashHe dashed out the door after the dog.
A small rodent followed, scurrying beneath a wall before I could even jump to my feet and scream.
News of his imminent arrival sent the support crew scurrying to buy pizza and nonalcoholic cider.
All of the players who came off the field scurried to the warmest places they could find.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Moving quickly
agility
beetle
belt
bob up
bowl down/along something
cannonball
gallop
gun
leg
make a dash for something
make good timeidiom
make hasteidiom
make off
outrun
outrush
pelt
rush
scorch
scuttle
shoot
scurry
noun[ S ]
uk /ˈskʌr.i/ us /ˈskɝː.i/
the act of moving with short, quick steps:
We paused between showers to listen for the flap of wings or the scurry of creatures.
a period or situation of busy activity:
The next few weeks were the usual scurry of activity.
That remark went unnoticed in the scurry of the radio studio.
Suddenly there was a scurry around the bed, screens were put up, and the parents were summoned.
The action moves between the scurry and chatter of life on Earth and the weightlessness of life in orbit.
When does the festive season start for you? Christmas Eve, with a scurry round the shops?

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Moving quickly
agility
beetle
belt
bob up
bowl down/along something
cannonball
gallop
gun
leg
make a dash for something
make good timeidiom
make hasteidiom
make off
outrun
outrush
pelt
rush
scorch
scuttle
shoot

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Busy and active

scurry | American Dictionary

scurry
verb[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]
us/ˈskɜr·i, ˈskʌr·i/
to move quickly, esp. with small running steps:
Mice scurried around the attic.

Examples of scurry

scurry
And the velvety texture of the mezzo-soprano, the gentle, chiming ostinati and scurrying strings: sensual not cerebral.
Such elfin mischiefmakers should surely have lurked and scurried about the stage.
Everyone was busy and scurrying around trying to get their own work done.
At various points, speakers and the scurrying sopranos extend the music into the auditorium.
Then this is just the book to send you scurrying back to the party.
For the most part, they present material in hushed whispers - scurrying lines constructed from chromatic clusters, often in imitation or even canon - and any dynamic climaxes are swiftly stifled.
Lost in this abridgment are the city dwellers, seen always at a distance as black dots scurrying along on sun-drenched pavements or as a compact mass in ferries and thoroughfares.
This sombre view was accompanied by the unceasing scurry and whistle of wind among hundreds of guy wires, and the deep organ tones of the slotted tubular radio masts.
Although in many presidential election years congressional candidates scurry to appear with the person at the 'top of the ticket', this is not always the case.
She sent her researchers scurrying to find every bad statistic and every chance remark made by a commentator to construct a dreary litany of gloom.
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