scurry > define

noun

• Rushing about hastily in an undignified way.
  • synonyms: scamper, scramble

verb

• To move about or proceed hurriedly.
  • usage: "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
  • synonyms: scamper, skitter, scuttle

• (v.i.) To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.
• (n.) Act of scurring; hurried movement.