scamper

[ skam-per ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to run or go hastily or quickly.

  2. to run playfully about, as a child.

noun
  1. a scampering; a quick run.

Origin of scamper

1
1680–90; obsolete scamp to go (see scamp) + -er6

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British Dictionary definitions for scamper

scamper

/ (ˈskæmpə) /


verb(intr)
  1. to run about playfully

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

noun
  1. the act of scampering

Origin of scamper

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

Derived forms of scamper

  • scamperer, noun

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