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scamper

[ skam-per ]

/ ˈskæm pər /

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verb (used without object)

to run or go hastily or quickly.

to run playfully about, as a child.

noun

a scampering; a quick run.

Origin of scamper

1680–90; obsolete scamp to go (see scamp) + -er⁶

Words nearby scamper

scambaiting, scamillus, scammer, scammony, scamp, scamper, scampi, scamster, scamto, scan, scan.

Example sentences from the Web for scampering

Schiff, for instance, conjures a scene with the young Cleopatra “scampering down the colonnaded walkways of the palace.”

The Classics are Dead! Long Live the Classics! Mary Beard’s New Book |Nick Romeo |September 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
At one point, the pair burst from the camp and fled, scampering barefoot over rocky, cactus-spotted terrain.

Journalist John Cantlie Learned How Deadly Syria Can Be When He Was Held Hostage by Jihadis |Mike Giglio |August 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Then Keatss face paled; he wheeled his horse and sent it scampering over the back trail, his men following, crowding him hard.

The Ranchman |Charles Alden Seltzer
He was seldom at rest, scampering here and there, not unlike a bird-dog on a fresh scent.

The Master Mystery |Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey

Where we swept by squads of scampering English, the mere wind of our passage laid them flat in piles and rows!

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc |Mark Twain
Everywhere the agile, beautifully-tinted lizards abound, sunning themselves on logs of wood, or scampering over the sandy soil.

The Western World |W.H.G. Kingston
When we passed by the villages you could see them scampering around and barking.

Martha of California |James Otis

British Dictionary definitions for scampering

scamper

/ (ˈskæmpə) /

verb (intr)

to run about playfully

(often foll by through) to hurry quickly through (a place, task, book, etc)

noun

the act of scampering

Derived forms of scamper

scamperer, noun

Word Origin for scamper

C17: probably from scamp (vb); see scamp 1