scamper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scamper	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for scamper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scamper n rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn: scamper, scramble, scurry] v to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground" Synonym(s): scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scamper \Scam"per\, n. A scampering; a hasty flight.
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.