: 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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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025
Wright found the seam near the right guard to scamper into the endzone for a seven-yard touchdown run.
—Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Sure, Amelia gets to do some cool stuff like scamper on all fours toward a target, scramble down a wall like a spider, rip the head off one poor unfortunate and neutralize entire tactical units with her dazzling fight skills.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
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Verb
One of the biggest plays of the night came on the first drive when Justin Fields scampered for a 13-yard touchdown run on his only series of the night.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025
Wright found the seam near the right guard to scamper into the endzone for a seven-yard touchdown run.
—Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
Millie Schafer exits her back door, descends her deck stairs and scampers down a set of wooden steps on a backyard hillside, bracing herself on a tree trunk.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Sure, Amelia gets to do some cool stuff like scamper on all fours toward a target, scramble down a wall like a spider, rip the head off one poor unfortunate and neutralize entire tactical units with her dazzling fight skills.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
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“Scamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scamper. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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