Verb: scamper skam-pu(r)
- To move about or proceed hurriedly
"so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scampered to higher ground";
- scurry, skitter, scuttle, scutter [Brit], beetle [informal]
- Rushing about hastily in an undignified way
"The children's scamper through the house left a trail of mess";
- scramble, scurry, scutter [Brit]
Derived forms: scampering, scampered, scampers
Type of: go, haste, hurry, locomote, move, run, rush, rushing, travel
Encyclopedia: Scamper