as in to trot
to go at a pace faster than a walk
the child scampered off to play
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Recent Examples of scamper
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.
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Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Jo Adell singled in Neto, and Mike Trout scampered home on an error on Bregman at third.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Wiemer scampered down the line for an infield single and had another base hit up the middle in Washington's 13-2 win on Monday over the Phillies to tie the record.
—Logan Brown, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Tanika Williams picked up her phone on the playground while her 4-year-old scampered around in the wood chips behind her.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Jo Adell singled in Neto, and Mike Trout scampered home on an error on Bregman at third.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Wiemer scampered down the line for an infield single and had another base hit up the middle in Washington's 13-2 win on Monday over the Phillies to tie the record.
—Logan Brown, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Tanika Williams picked up her phone on the playground while her 4-year-old scampered around in the wood chips behind her.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scamper
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Bruce, an airline worker, has hitherto handed off his plus-one flight privileges to Simon, who keenly exploits them to keep filming his globe-trotting doc.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
3 May 2026
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So this time around, for the release of The Devil Wears Prada 2, McKenna and the cast went on a globe-trotting promotional tour (Paris!—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
30 Apr. 2026
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Liam Hicks followed Xavier Edwards’ walk with a single, after which both jogged home on Pauley’s home run.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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Wembanyama finally stood and jogged directly to the locker room.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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The Knicks made life difficult for him in the halfcourt, and once that happened, Atlanta’s offense kept running into dead ends.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Funding to run the Orange Line 24 hours a day, one of the first major service improvements that acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen floated after lawmakers approved new transit funding last fall.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Golden Tempo, like its trainer, had to make its own arduous climb, galloping from last place all the way to a victory.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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The last time a horse swept all three races was in 2018, when Justify galloped his way into the history books as the 13th Triple Crown winner.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Trump being hurried off the stage unharmed and guests ducking for cover underneath their tables.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Might as well hurry up and shoot.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Scamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scamper. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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