as in to trot
to go at a pace faster than a walk
the child scampered off to play
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The overture should be capped by a relentlessly scampering Rossini crescendo.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Hawley might have been in Vance’s spot had he not been caught on camera first raising his fist in support of demonstrators outside of the Capitol on January 6th and then scampering away from the mob once its members had breached the building.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 18 July 2024
Then the men scampered out of the house and down the street.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
Video footage captured by the home's security camera shows the dog jumping on the stove and sniffing the boxes before scampering away.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Hawley might have been in Vance’s spot had he not been caught on camera first raising his fist in support of demonstrators outside of the Capitol on January 6th and then scampering away from the mob once its members had breached the building.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 18 July 2024
Then the men scampered out of the house and down the street.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
Video footage captured by the home's security camera shows the dog jumping on the stove and sniffing the boxes before scampering away.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024
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“Scamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scamper. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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