scamper
Americanverb (used without object)
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to run or go hastily or quickly.
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to run playfully about, as a child.
noun
verb
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to run about playfully
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(often foll by through) to hurry quickly through (a place, task, book, etc)
noun
Other Word Forms
- scamperer noun
Etymology
Origin of scamper
Example Sentences
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Lily breaks away from her mother’s grasp and scampers down the hallway.
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Every single plan I’d made went scampering over to the fireplace, shot up the chimney, and disappeared into the sky.
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Sam thought about that after he scampered away to play with his blocks.
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Sue’s dog and Karen’s puppies scampered around everyone.
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The fire scampered up a pine, and—WOOMPH—the tree burst into flames.
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