: a playful or hurried run or movement
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Verb
The kids were scampering around the yard.
A mouse scampered across the floor.
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Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2025
Midfielders were scampering all over the field in vain to try to create numerical advantages.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2024
Center Nick Dawkins reached for the iPad to get another look at the series that ended with Allar’s 8-yard scamper falling a yard short of a first down.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Visitors have the opportunity to spot a variety of diverse wildlife on the sandstone and limestone cliffs, from scampering foxes to nesting birds to fig trees, caper bushes, and acanthus — this iconic plant's jagged leaves can often be found carved atop Greece’s ubiquitous Corinthian columns.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2025
Midfielders were scampering all over the field in vain to try to create numerical advantages.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
Jackson Hart’s 15-yard TD scamper late in the third quarter broke a 14-14 tie as Dartmouth (8-3) went on to defeat Fairhaven, 21-16.
—Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2024
Center Nick Dawkins reached for the iPad to get another look at the series that ended with Allar’s 8-yard scamper falling a yard short of a first down.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Scamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scamper. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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