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scamper Definition


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scamper
verb
    intr
    scampered, scampering
    1. To run or skip about briskly, especially in play.
      Thesaurus: hurry, run, hasten, speed, dash, rush, dart, scurry, scuttle, sprint; Antonym: lag, dawdle, loiter, crawl.
noun
    1. An act of scampering.
    2. A scampering movement or pace.
Etymology: 17c.



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