scurrying
Quick, frantic movement
Scurrying is moving with quick, short steps—the hurried, rustling motion of small creatures or people in a rush.
Mice scurry across floors; commuters scurry through rain.
The word suggests urgency without dignity: Aides were scurrying to prepare the room before the meeting.
scamper
Quick, light-footed dash
hurry · rush · hustle · bustle · sprint · bolt · flee · scramble · hasten · whisk
mouse
Small gnawing mammal
cockroach · spider · crab · beetle · lizard · hamster · gerbil · shrew · vole · mole
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- action verbsrun, jump, chase, grab, climb
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- lively motionsbouncing, bounding, darting, dashing, frolicking
- locomotionwalking, running, crawling, swimming, flying
- rushingrushing, hurrying, dashing, sprinting, racing
manner/quality of movement
scurryingstrolling
Walking at ease
sauntering · ambling · meandering · gliding · striding
motion vs. stillness
scurryingstanding still
Absence of motion
stationary · motionless · frozen · immobile · still
- scurrying awayMoving quickly to escape