scamper

¹scam·per

verb \ˈskam-pər\

scam·peredscam·per·ing\-p(ə-)riŋ\

Definition of SCAMPER

intransitive verb

: to run nimbly and usually playfully about

Examples of SCAMPER

1. The kids were scampering around the yard.
2. A mouse scampered across the floor.

Origin of SCAMPER

probably from obsolete Dutch schampen to flee, from Middle French escamper, from Italian scampare, from Vulgar Latin *excampare to decamp, from Latin ex- + campus field

First Known Use: 1685

Related to SCAMPER

Synonyms: dash, gallop, jog, run, sprint, trip, trot

Related Words: bound, canter, leap, lope, shag, skip, spring; barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, course, foot (it), hare, hasten, hie, hoof (it), hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, leg (it), pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, rush, rustle, shoot, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom; nip, patter, scoot, scurry, scuttle, step (along)

Near Antonyms: amble, saunter, shamble, shuffle, stroll; crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry; lumber, plod, trudge; hobble, limp

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Rhymes with SCAMPER

camper, chamfer, damper, hamper, pamper, stamper, tamper, tramper