: a playful or hurried run or movement
Examples of scamper in a Sentence
Verb
The kids were scampering around the yard.
A mouse scampered across the floor.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Cassian, however, scampered away, and likely never came to know why this stranger harbored such a deeply personal vendetta.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 6 May 2025
Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
This is Mahomes’ third entry on this list, and the second one for a play with his legs—his 26-yard scamper before the two-minute warning in Super Bowl 57 against the Eagles just missed the cut as well.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 9 Feb. 2025
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Verb
That allowed Bogaerts to score and Cronenworth to scamper to third.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Cassian, however, scampered away, and likely never came to know why this stranger harbored such a deeply personal vendetta.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 6 May 2025
Noun
One scampers ahead, while the other zips behind, chasing, playing and pausing only to take in the sights and scents of their new territory.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
This is Mahomes’ third entry on this list, and the second one for a play with his legs—his 26-yard scamper before the two-minute warning in Super Bowl 57 against the Eagles just missed the cut as well.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 9 Feb. 2025
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“Scamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scamper. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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