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Scamper   /skˈæmpər/   Listen
verb
Scamper  v. i.  (past & past part. scampered; pres. part. scampering)  To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away. "The lady, however,... could not help scampering about the room after a mouse."



noun
Scamper  n.  A scampering; a hasty flight.






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"Scamper" Quotes from Famous Books



... with fatigue, that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." One rout is as much like another as the scamper of one flock of sheep ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 8, No. 48, October, 1861 • Various

... Uncle John! Indeed, I am thoroughly in earnest,—parties are so tiresome,—all exactly alike; we always see the same people, or the same sort of people. There is nothing about them worth having, except the dancing; and even that is not as good as a scamper over the hills with you and the ponies. You know we have been going to parties for these two years; we have seen so much of society, no wonder we ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 10, August, 1858 • Various

... in the night, we hear tiny feet as they patter over the floor, or scamper across the pillow, or we find in the morning that the loaf for breakfast has been gnawed and spoiled, we are not apt to ...
— Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors - For Young Folks • James Johonnot

... that time on partook heartily of the dish, whenever it was on the table. At night they frequently stretched their hammocks from tree to tree for their cabin was uncomfortably hot. After a refreshing bath in the cool phosphorescent water and a scamper up and down the level sands in lieu of a towel, they would turn in and enjoy a sound sleep. They were generally awakened before daylight by the shrieking and chattering of the parrots and monkeys. Then with a spring from ...
— The Story of Paul Boyton - Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World • Paul Boyton

... to her ladyship as fast as you can scamper, and tell her I wasn't soft enough to bow myself off the stage without peepin' at what Santa Claus had put in my stockin'. Tell her 'twould only o' bin a matter o' time if I hadn't peeped. As it is, it's a matter o' less time. Tell ...
— The Lion's Mouse • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson


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