scamper
3
4.3
- noun
- /ˈskæmpər/
:
correteo
- Their smell, their scamper, their squeaky whining in the middle of the night.
- a scamper in the yard
- a scamper after touchdown
Examples
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I can hear him panting, his four-legged scamper scuttling on the sidewalk for a long time.
Fiction book (1998) -
After spotting the squirrel, the dog took off in a mad scamper across the yard.
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Out of the corner of my eye, I see a small rat scamper across the floor toward the kitchen.
Fiction book (2001) -
His scamper slowed to a trot, then to a walk.
Fiction book (1992) -
With Leon Washington's 11-yard scamper, the Seahawks finished with 127 yards on the ground at a 4.4 yards per carry clip.
Blog text (15) -
Whitlow capped off UK's drive with a 20-yard scamper to pay dirt, giving Kentucky a 14-0 lead.
Blog text (25) -
It didn't work, other than Brandon Miller's 66-yard scamper near the end of the game to the UNLV 2-yard line.
Blog text (10) -
Del Valle's (3-4, 2-1) Josh Cleveland came in with more than 900 yards rushing this season, but after a 65-yard scamper in the first quarter, Campbell did little else, gaining just 90 yards total on the ground.
Blog text (16) -
The children had a joyful scamper to the playground as they laughed and ran.
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Her quick scamper down the hill showed how excited she was to join her friends.
Synonyms
5
4.2
A quick, confused rush of people or small animals
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Scamper as a noun comes from the verb scamper, which likely came from Scots skamper or from the hurried sound of many small feet. That's why a scamper is 'a hurried, playful, or undignified run or movement'.