scamper
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
Related Forms:
- scamperer scam′·perer noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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