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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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promenade
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French promenade, from promener (“to walk”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??m?n??d/, /p??m??n??d/, (rare) /?p??m?ne?d/, /p??m??ne?d/
- (US) IPA(key): /p??m??ne?d/, /p??m??n?d/
- Rhymes: -??d, -e?d
Noun
promenade (plural promenades)
- (formal) A prom (dance).
- A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)
- A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 235:
- The present dream in particular scarcely left any room for doubt, since the place where my patient fell was the Graben, a part of Vienna notorious as a promenade for prostitutes.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 235:
- A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
Synonyms
- (a place to walk): esplanade
Translations
Verb
promenade (third-person singular simple present promenades, present participle promenading, simple past and past participle promenaded)
- To walk for amusement, show, or exercise.
- To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.
Derived terms
- promenader (agent noun)
Translations
Anagrams
- open-armed
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French promenade.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pro?.m??na?.d?/
- Hyphenation: pro?me?na?de
- Rhymes: -a?d?
Noun
promenade f (plural promenades or promenaden)
- promenade
French
Etymology
promener +? -ade.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??m.nad/
- Rhymes: -ad
- Homophone: promenades
Noun
promenade f (plural promenades)
- walk; stroll (walk for enjoyment)
Derived terms
- promenade de santé
Descendants
Further reading
- “promenade” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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