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Webster 1913 Edition


Scamper

Scam′per

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scampered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Scampering
.]
[OF.
escamper
to escape, to save one’s self; L.
ex
from +
campus
the field (sc. of battle). See
Camp
, and cf.
Decamp
,
Scamp
,
Noun.
,
Shamble
,
Verb.
T.
]
To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away.
Macaulay.
The lady, however, . . . could not help
scampering
about the room after a mouse.
S. Sharpe.

Scam′per

,
Noun.
A scampering; a hasty flight.

Webster 1828 Edition


Scamper

SCAMP'ER

,
Verb.
I.
To run with speed; to hasten escape.

Definition 2024


scamper

scamper

English

Noun

scamper (plural scampers)

  1. A quick, light run.

Verb

scamper (third-person singular simple present scampers, present participle scampering, simple past and past participle scampered)

  1. (intransitive) To run quickly and lightly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner.
    The dog scampered after the squirrel.
    • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 1
      The younger and lighter members of his tribe scampered to the higher branches of the great trees to escape his wrath; risking their lives upon branches that scarce supported their weight rather than face old Kerchak in one of his fits of uncontrolled anger.

Synonyms

  • scurry
  • See also Wikisaurus:walk

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