SCURRY

v. & n.

--v.intr. (-ies, -ied) run or move hurriedly, esp. with short quick steps; scamper.

--n. (pl. -ies)

1. the act or sound of scurrying.

2 bustle, haste.

3 a flurry of rain or snow.

Etymology: abbr. of hurry-scurry redupl. of HURRY