scamper

[skam-per]

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.

scamper

/ ˈskæmpə /

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• scamperer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of scamper¹

1680–90; obsolete scamp to go ( scamp ) + -er ⁶

Word History and Origins

Origin of scamper¹

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

Example Sentences

From the resulting penalty, the French would make the extra player count when Escudero had the space to scamper over for her side's first try of the game.

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The United States shot back as second row Erica Jarrell-Searcy shrugged off Breach in midfield and showed superb pace to scamper in.

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Katie George dropped a difficult chance from the penultimate ball that would have dismissed Georgia Adams, but the batters scampered back for a second to seal a tense three-wicket win.

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Twenty-five days of gripping Test cricket came down to a one-armed man painfully scampering 22 yards of south London turf.

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The next one was much wider, as the impressive Jamie Dobie looped a long miss pass out to the scampering Reed to dot down in the corner.

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Related Words

• bolt 
• dart 
• hurry 
• romp 
• scoot 
• scurry 
• scuttle 
• skip 
• sprint 
• trot 
• zip