scamper

¹scam·per

intransitive verb \ˈskam-pər\

scam·peredscam·per·ing \-p(ə-)riŋ\

Definition of SCAMPER

: 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

Rhymes with SCAMPER

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

²scamper

noun

Definition of SCAMPER

: a playful or hurried run or movement

First Known Use of SCAMPER

1697