Category:Scamper

Scam"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scampered; p. pr. & vb. n. Scampering.] Etym: [of. escamper to escape, to save one's self; l. ex from + Campus the field (sc. of battle). See camp, and cf. Decamp, scamp, N., Shamble, v. t.]

Defn: to run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; To hasten away. Macaulay. The lady, however,. . . could not help scampering about the room After a mouse. S. Sharpe.

Scamper Scam"per, n.

Defn: a scampering; a hasty flight.