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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scamper  \Scam"per\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scampered};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Scampering}.]  [OF.  escamper  to  escape,  to  save  one's 
  self  L.  ex  from  +  campus  the  field  (sc.  of  battle).  See 
  {Camp},  and  cf  {Decamp},  {Scamp},  n.,  {Shamble},  v.  t.] 
  To  run  with  speed;  to  run  or  move  in  a  quick,  hurried  manner; 
  to  hasten  away  --Macaulay. 
 
  The  lady,  however,  .  .  .  could  not  help  scampering 
  about  the  room  after  a  mouse.  --S.  Sharpe. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scamper  \Scam"per\,  n. 
  A  scampering;  a  hasty  flight. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scamper 
  n  :  rushing  about  hastily  in  an  undignified  way  [syn:  {scramble}, 
  {scurry}] 
  v  :  to  move  about  or  proceed  hurriedly:  "so  terrified  by  the 
  extraordinary  ebbing  of  the  sea  that  they  scurried  to 
  higher  ground."  [syn:  {scurry},  {skitter},  {scuttle}]




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