intransitive. To move about hastily or energetically; esp. to range about in search of something, or in movements against a foe.

intransitive. To rush, move swiftly; to dash about. Also: to caper, leap, skip. Now English regional (northern) and Scottish.

Chiefly Scottish. intransitive. To rush or charge about; to behave in a wild, unruly, or violent manner; to rampage. Obsolete.

intransitive. To rush about in a frenzied state; to behave frantically.

intransitive. To run or leap about wildly. Since the 17th cent. spec. of a bovine animal: to rush about or leap in a frenzied manner, esp. when…

intransitive. Also transitive with it. To bound, rush, or range about in a wild, lively, or excited manner. Usually with adverb.

with adverbs, as away, forth, off, out, etc.

intransitive. To go about hurriedly, frantically, or aimlessly; = to run around 1 at phrasal verbs 1.

intransitive. To go about in an agitated, furious, or violent manner; to rush wildly here and there. Also in extended use. Usually with adverb.

intransitive. To go about hurriedly; to go from one place or person to another (frequently with the implication of aimlessness or ineffectualness).

U.S. and British colloquial and regional. to rip and tear: to rage, to rave; to go raging (also around).

intransitive. To hurry, to rush (see hell-for-leather at hell, n. int.phrases 6e). to hell around: to mess around; to behave in a reckless or…

running around like a chicken with its head cut off (also like a chicken with no head) and variants: used to indicate frantic, unthinking, and…

colloquial (chiefly U.S.). to haul ass.

(intransitive) to drive recklessly, rush around wildly and rowdily.