scamper

scam·per (sk

intr.v. scam·pered, scam·per·ing, scam·pers

To run or go quickly and lightly: children scampering off to play.

A quick light run or movement.

[Probably from Flemish schampeeren, frequentative of obsolete Dutch schampen, to run away, decamp, from Middle Dutch ontscampen, from Old French escamper, from Old Italian scampare, from Vulgar Latin *excampre, from Latin ex camp, out of the field : ex, away; see ex- + camp, ablative of campus, field.]

scamper [ˈskæmpə]

vb (intr)

1. to run about playfully

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

the act of scampering

[probably from scamp (vb); see scamp¹]

scamperer n

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Noun	1.	scamper - rushing about hastily in an undignified way scurry, scramble rush, rushing, haste, hurry - the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"
Verb	1.	scamper - to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground" scurry, scuttle, skitter crab - scurry sideways like a crab run - move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"

scamper

verb run, dash, dart, fly, hurry, sprint, romp, beetle, hasten, scuttle, scurry, scoot, hie (archaic) The flash sent the foxes scampering away.

Translations

scamper [ˈskæmpəʳ] VI → escabullirse
to scamper in/out → entrar/salir corriendo
to scamper along → ir corriendo

scamper about VI + ADV → corretear

scamper away scamper off VI + ADV → escabullirse

scamper [ˈskæmpə^r] vi
to scamper away → détaler

scamper

n they can go for a scamper in the garden → sie können im Garten herumtollen

vi (person, child, puppy) → tollen; (rabbit) → hoppeln; (squirrel, mice) → huschen

scamper [ˈskæmpəʳ] vi + adv (child) to scamper about → scorrazzare
to scamper in/out → entrare/uscire di corsa
to scamper away, scamper off → darsela a gambe

scamper

v scamper [ˈskӕmpə]

to run quickly and lightly The mouse scampered away when it saw me. haastig vlug يَنْطَلِق مُسْرِعاً офейквам pelášit pile davonrennen τρέχω ανάλαφρα, φεύγω γρήγορα zafarse, corretear (minema) lipsama گريختن pinkoa détaler לִברוֹחַ מַהֵר दौड़ जाना, हड़बड़ी pobjeći, žuriti se iramodik cepat skjótast, þjóta scappare, sgattaiolare 急いで逃げる 재빨리 달아나다 nerti, smukti mukt; laisties lapās berlari melompat-lompat rennen løpe/fare omkring śmigać, pędzić fugir a fugi, a o şterge бежать стремглав ufujazdiť; dať sa na útek popihati jo skakutati kila วิ่งอย่างรวดเร็วและเบา seğirtmek 碎步快跑，驚惶逃跑 бігти стрімголов; гасати طرارے بھرنا chạy vụt, chạy vội vàng 惊惶逃跑

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brattle bustle buzz Crab dart darting darts fly haste hurry movement run Rush rushing scamp Scamperer scoot scramble scurry	These skulking visitors would keep about the purlieus of the camp until daylight; when, on the first stir of life among the sleepers, they would scamper off until they reached some rising ground, where they would take their seats, and keep a sharp and hungry watch upon every movement. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context The tribe consists of four bands, which have their nestling- places in fertile, well-wooded valleys, lying among the Rocky Mountains, and watered by the Big Horse River and its tributary streams; but, though these are properly their homes, where they shelter their old people, their wives, and their children, the men of the tribe are almost continually on the foray and the scamper. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context A romp in the drawing-room and never mind the furniture, or a scamper in the fresh, cool air, a scud across the fields and down the hill, and won't we let old Gaffer Goggles' geese know what time o' day it is, neither Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context	Scalping knife Scalpriform scaly Scaly ant-eater scaly anteater scaly fern scaly lentinus scaly pholiota scaly polypore Scaly tetter scaly-tailed Scaly-winged scam Scamander Scamble Scambler Scamblingly Scamell Scamillus scammer Scammoniate scammony scammonyroot scamp Scampavia scamper Scamperer scampi Scampish scampo scamster scamto scan scan in scan line scan period scan rate scan type Scand. scandal scandal sheet scandal-plagued scandalisation scandalise scandalization scandalize scandalmonger scandalmongering scandalous scandalously Scandalousness	scammer scammers scammers scamming scamming scamming Scamming the Elderly Scamming the Elderly Scamming the Elderly Scamming the Elderly Scammoniate scammonies scammonies scammony scammony scammony scammonyroot Scamozzi order Scamozzi, Vincenzo scamp scamp scamp scamp scamp Scamp Owners International Scampavia SCAMPC scamped scamped scamped scamper scamper along scamper away scampered scampered scampered Scamperer scampering scampering scampering scampers scampers scampers scampers scampi scampi scampi scamping scamping scamping scampis scampis Scampish Scampish Scampish scampishness scampo scampo SCAMPP SCAmpR scamps

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These skulking visitors would keep about the purlieus of the camp until daylight; when, on the first stir of life among the sleepers, they would scamper off until they reached some rising ground, where they would take their seats, and keep a sharp and hungry watch upon every movement.

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context

The tribe consists of four bands, which have their nestling- places in fertile, well-wooded valleys, lying among the Rocky Mountains, and watered by the Big Horse River and its tributary streams; but, though these are properly their homes, where they shelter their old people, their wives, and their children, the men of the tribe are almost continually on the foray and the scamper.

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

A romp in the drawing-room and never mind the furniture, or a scamper in the fresh, cool air, a scud across the fields and down the hill, and won't we let old Gaffer Goggles' geese know what time o' day it is, neither

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context

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