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scamper definition

scam·per (skam′pər)

intransitive verb

to run or go hurriedly or quickly

Etymology: prob. < MFr escamper, to flee < It scampare < VL *excampare, to decamp < L ex, out + campus, field of battle: see campus

noun

the act of scampering

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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