scurry

scurry
intransitive verb
huschen; flitzen (ugs.)
* * *
1. verb
((usually with away, off etc) to run with short, quick steps: It began to rain and we scurried home.) hasten
2. noun
(an act or a noise of hurrying: a scurry of feet.) das Hasten
* * *
scur·ry
[ˈskʌri, AM ˈskɜ:ri]
I. vi
<-ie->
small animal huschen; person rennen, eilen; (with small steps) trippeln
we all scurried for shelter when the storm began als der Sturm losbrach, suchten wir uns alle eilends einen Unterschlupf
II. n no pl (hurry) Hasten nt, Eilen nt; (small steps) Getrappel nt
we heard a \scurry of feet/footsteps wir hörten das Getrappel von Füßen/Schritten
* * *
['skʌrɪ]
1. n
(= hurry) Hasten nt; (= sound) Trippeln nt

there was a scurry to leave the room — alle hatten es eilig, das Zimmer zu verlassen

2. vi
(person) hasten; (with small steps) eilig trippeln; (animals) huschen

to scurry along — entlanghasten/-trippeln/-huschen

they all scurried out of the classroom — sie hatten es alle eilig, aus dem Klassenzimmer zu kommen

to scurry for shelter — sich (dat) eilig einen Unterschlupf suchen

she scurried through her work — hastig erledigte sie ihre Arbeit

* * *
scurry [ˈskʌrı; US besonders ˈskɜriː]
A v/i
1. huschen, hasten:
scurry for the door zum Ausgang hasten
2. trippeln
B v/t jagen, treiben
C s
1. Hasten n
2. Getrippel n
3. SPORT Sprint m
4. Pferdesport: Fliegerrennen n
5. Schneetreiben n
* * *
intransitive verb
huschen; flitzen (ugs.)
* * *
v.
hasten v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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