: a playful or hurried run or movement
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Verb
The kids were scampering around the yard.
A mouse scampered across the floor.
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Investigators said the school matron failed to open an emergency door, forcing all students to scamper through a single doorway.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Along the neural pathways of his multisystem scampers chaos as of eight voices—nine, for his brain is no idle onlooker.
—Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Longreads, 5 Feb. 2026
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Verb
As the base runners scampered home, tying the game, Chicago players and fans alike shrieked with glee.
—Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Investigators said the school matron failed to open an emergency door, forcing all students to scamper through a single doorway.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
Noun
In late March, turtles sun themselves at the river's edge; Gambel's quail scamper between the rocks.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Along the neural pathways of his multisystem scampers chaos as of eight voices—nine, for his brain is no idle onlooker.
—Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Longreads, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Scamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scamper. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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