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scampering |
2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scampering adj : moving quickly on foot; "heard running footsteps behind him"; "scampering children" [syn: {running(a)}, {scampering(a)}]
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