rat scuttles
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Describes the quick, hurried movement of a rat, often to hide.
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Examples (10)
- A large rat scuttled across the floor and disappeared under the kitchen cabinet.
- We could hear the sound of rats scuttling behind the wooden wainscoting at night.
- As soon as the light was turned on, a startled rat scuttled into the shadows.
- The tiny rat scuttles along the rusty pipes in the basement of the old building.
- I watched as a dirty rat scuttled quickly across the subway tracks.
- The frightened rat scuttled away into a small hole in the brickwork.
- Several rats were scuttling through the dry leaves in the dark alleyway.
- The sudden noise made the rat scuttle back to its nest under the floorboards.
- A hungry rat scuttles between the trash cans, searching for any scraps of food.
- In the silence of the warehouse, you can hear a rat scuttle across the concrete.