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
scamper Related Forms
scam′·perer noun
scamper Synonyms
scamper Usage Examples
Object
- round: We were a couple of puppies scampering round and making puddles on the carpets of society.
- run: Ponting saves the boundary, but his kick to safety enables the batsmen to scamper four runs easily.
- pooch: From scampering pooches to cuddly kittens, now you can add a new furry friend to your Sims ' lives.
Adjective complement
clear: Lee Smith scampered clear only to produce a weak shot at the keeper.
Modifying Another Word
- away: City broke through the middle, Peter Thorne threaded a through ball to send Earnie scampering away toward the area on the left.
- about: There may he a Siamese or white Persian kitten in the party or tame red squirrels scampering about.
- back: It scampers back into its small hole, cheese in mouth.
- then: We paid up and then scampered through the rain to catch the bus home.
- all: Wagtails scratching in the ground, squirrels scamper all around Hiding nuts for their winter store.
- approximately: The small rodents scampered approximately, which are occupied in the daily implementations of their gloomy lives.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- around: The small rodents scampered around, taking care in the daily accomplishments of its sad lives.
- off: They would scamper off into the woods that lined Keeper's Hill.
- over: They scampered over to see what they had hit.
- up: She sits, nods and shakes her head, scampers up your arm, reads and even eats invisible treats!
- out: The slow movement ventured boldly into dark harmonic realms, the finale scampered out into the sunlight.
- across: A Mink then scampered across in front of the hide.
Followed by a transitive particle
- down: Monkeys in the trees gaze, pluck leaves, scamper down the highways, make out.
- up: To reach Whiteford Point you can either walk around the beach at the headland or scamper up the dunes.
- off: You sniff the air You say, " I wonder where Kitten scampered off ta... " Artus says, " Miss Kitten?
Particle object:
tree: You may also see gray squirrels scampering up the trees, but the red squirrel is extinct here.
Browse dictionary entries near scamper
- ‹ scamp
- ‹ scammony
- ‹ Scamander
- ‹ scam
- ‹ scaly anteater
- ‹ scaly
- ‹ scalping
- ‹ scalper
- ‹ scalpel
- ‹ scalp lock
- scampi ›
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- scandal ›
- scandal sheet ›
- scandalize ›
- scandalmonger ›
- scandalous ›
- scandalous matter ›
- scandalously ›
- scandent ›

