: 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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Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Turang scored easily and Christian Yelich, who began the play on first base, scampered around the basepaths and beat Narváez’s throw to Garrett Whitlock with a head-first slide to give the Brewers an 7-5 lead.
—Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 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
The Georgian winger then held his shot, instead scampering past Mamardashvili before calmly slotting the ball into the net.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Turang scored easily and Christian Yelich, who began the play on first base, scampered around the basepaths and beat Narváez’s throw to Garrett Whitlock with a head-first slide to give the Brewers an 7-5 lead.
—Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 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
See All Example Sentences for scamper
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“Scamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scamper. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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