Home › Words › S › scurryscurry/ˈskʌ.ɹi/scurry means A surname from Irish.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, scurry ranks #3,411 of 42,747 for Qualifying.scurry is pronounced /ˈskʌ.ɹi/.EtymologyReduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scoireadh (“descendant of Scoireadh”).nameA surname from Irish.A town in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.nounA dash.e.g.“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:Bustle.verbTo run with quick light steps, to scamper.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).