scamper
verb (used without object)
to run or go hastily or quickly.
has been scampering
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present perfect progressiveof scamper (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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A black cat has been scampering around the Anfield pitch.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2016
I padded about till I froze: this morning I can see my big hoof-marks all over the place, and Benjy has been scampering about in them as if he found some flavor of me there.
From An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Laurence Housman
