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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)
- A quick, light run.
Verb
scamper (third-person singular simple present scampers, present participle scampering, simple past and past participle scampered)
- (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
Translations
To run quickly and lightly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner