scuttle across

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scuttle across something

to hurry across something. (Said especially of a small animal.) A tiny mouse scuttled across the kitchen floor and startled me. A rabbit scuttled across my path.

See also: across, scuttle

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Brendel's inimitable gait -- a forward-leaning scuttle across the stage -- has become more bowed with age and arthritis prevents him from playing gargantuan works of the repertoire, such as Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" or Liszt's B-minor sonata. Pianist Alfred Brendel takes final bow from concert stage by AFP / AFP Global Edition Since insects or crustaceans are not known for qualities such as empathy, you can imagine that if they came down from the walls, they might scuttle across the floor and devour you. culture: Scenes from a B movie take life on Baltic walls; Strange ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Twenty seconds isn't long to scuttle across the most noble thoroughfare in Dublin. IRISH DAILY Mirror COMMENT: Pedestrians run scared by The Mirror (London, England)			screwed, blued, and tattooed scribble scribble away scribble down scrimp scrimp and save scrimp on scrounge scrounge around scrounge up scrub scrub away scrub down scrub off scrub out scrub out of scrub up scrunch scrunch down scrunch down into scrunch up scuff up scuffle with scurry along scuttle scuttle across scuttle away scuzz out sea sea change sea legs seal seal a bargain seal fate seal of approval seal off from sealed sealed with a kiss seam seam with seamy side of life search search after search for search high and low Search me Search me! search out search through season season with			Scutes Scutes Scutes Scutibranch Scutibranchia Scutibranchian Scutibranchiata Scutibranchiate Scutiferous scutiform scutiform Scutiger Scutigera Scutigera Scutigera coleoptrata Scutigerella Scutigerella immaculata Scutigeridae Scutigeromorpha Scutiped SCUTREA scuts scuts scutter scuttered scuttering scutters scuttle scuttle scuttle scuttle across scuttle away Scuttle butt scuttle door Scuttlebut Scuttlebut Scuttlebut scuttlebutt scuttlebutt scuttlebutt scuttled scuttled scuttled scuttles scuttles scuttles scuttling scuttling scuttling Scutula Scutula scutular Scutulated rattlesnake scutulum scutulum scutum scutum scutum scutum Scutum (constellation) Scutum (constellation)

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