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to scamper
01
to run or move quickly and playfully with small, light steps
Intransitive: to scamper somewhere
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
scamper
3rd person singular
scampers
Present participle
scampering
Past simple
scampered
Past participle
scampered
Examples
Startled by the children 's laughter, the squirrels scampered up the trees to a safer height.
Scamper
01
rushing about hastily in an undignified way
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
scampers
