Well, honey, "scurried off" means to move quickly and with small, short steps, usually in a hurried or furtive manner. It's like when you catch a squirrel stealing your nuts and it scurries off before you can say "boo." So, next time someone scurries off, just picture a sneaky little critter making a speedy getaway.
Synonym: crawled Antonym: sauntered
No, it is a verb. The past participle would not ordinarily be used to describe a noun as does the present participle (scurrying).
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If you describe something as exciting, as in "This concert is exciting", it is an adjective. If the word is used as in "The battery is exciting the circuit", meaning exciting is an action, then it is a verb.
as a boss
After a long day of work I scurried home. or I scurried home once I realized a stranger was following me
The past tense of scurry is scurried.
We scurried to the corner when we heard the cyclops coming.
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move
Strolled or ambled
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scurried
Synonym: crawled Antonym: sauntered
No, it's a past tense verb.
I heard the scurry of littlefeet on the stairs.
Scurried means something like "ran away quickly". It would be somewhat unusual to use the word to describe the motion of cattle, though.