Scurry \Scur"ry\, v. i. [Cf. {Scur}, {Skirr}.] To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.
Scurry \Scur"ry\, n. Act of scurrying; hurried movement.
The reason: Both domestic and foreign companies will scurry to purchase undervalued assets in the expectation that mergers and takeovers will be less favorably viewed by a new administration in Washington next year.
The notorious near-nudes scamper and scurry and squeal here and there in Titania's thrall. Their faces and bodies are powdered white, and they brandish lasso-like ribbons, which they spin round themselves when they perform their jaunty little jigs.
It took an impromptu filibuster and a scurry by hall messengers to save Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's right-wing governing coalition.
While other U.S. builders scurry to play catch-up, their Japanese counterparts are planning for the next century. Engineers at Obayashi, for instance, have designed a "lunar city" and a habitat for Mars.
Witnesses in the dormitory area of this suburban Frankfurt campus complex reported hearing windows smashed and saw four or five hooded figures scurry into a wooded area near the Deutsche Bank training center at 6 a.m.
Or somewhere remarkably like it. Rush, rush; scurry, scurry.
Or somewhere remarkably like it. Rush, rush; scurry, scurry.
In the stock market, when the blue chips are topped out, brokers scurry to find "undervalued" stocks.
Mr. Buffett also fires a salvo at the "hyperkinetic" nature of other investment managers, who scurry to buy and sell various stocks.
Doctors and nurses scurry to make their rounds and patients in wheelchairs and gurneys fill the halls.
They pretend to obey the troops' orders, but once out of sight, they scurry through back alleys and building sites, wending an indirect path towards the camp.