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scurry
English
Etymology
Perhaps from hurry-skurry, a reduplication of hurry.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sk??r(?)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sk??i/
- (General American) IPA(key): (with the "Hurry-furry" merger) /?sk??i/
- Rhymes: -?ri
- Hyphenation: scur?ry
Verb
scurry (third-person singular simple present scurries, present participle scurrying, simple past and past participle scurried)
- To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
- 1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies
- Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.
- 1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies
Synonyms
- (run with quick light steps): scamper
- (do things quickly): hurry, zoom; see also Thesaurus:rush
Derived terms
- ascurry
- scurry away
- scurry off
Translations
Noun
scurry (plural scurries)
- A dash.
- 1845, Sporting Magazine (volume 5, page 25)
- Found a fox in Deerstone, and after a great deal of music, and a scurry or two round the wood, went away over Whigford Down, but he was too far before them to make any more quick music […]
- 1845, Sporting Magazine (volume 5, page 25)
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amble
English
Etymology
From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambul? (“I walk”). Doublet of ambulate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æm.b?l/
- Rhymes: -æmb?l
Noun
amble (plural ambles)
- An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
- An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
Translations
Verb
amble (third-person singular simple present ambles, present participle ambling, simple past and past participle ambled)
- (intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
- (intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.
Synonyms
- (walk slowly and leisurely): saunter
Derived terms
- ambler
Related terms
- ambulate
- ambulance
- ambulatory
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Mable, Melba, belam, blame, melba
French
Verb
amble
- first-person singular present indicative of ambler
- third-person singular present indicative of ambler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of ambler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of ambler
- second-person singular imperative of ambler
Anagrams
- blâme, blâmé
Spanish
Verb
amble
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of amblar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of amblar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of amblar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of amblar.
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