'Scamper' definitions:
Definition of 'scamper'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Scamper'
From: GCIDE
- Scamper \Scam"per\, n. A scampering; a hasty flight. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scamper'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering about the room after a mouse. --S. Sharpe. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scamper'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bolt,
- bundle,
- burst,
- burst of speed,
- bustle,
- canter,
- career,
- chase,
- crowd,
- dart,
- dash,
- dash off,
- dash on,
- dead run,
- dig out,
- dogtrot,
- double-time,
- drive,
- festinate,
- flank speed,
- flat-out speed,
- flee,
- fling,
- flurry,
- flutter,
- fly,
- forced draft,
- full gallop,
- gallop,
- get going,
- get moving,
- hand gallop,
- haste,
- hasten,
- hasten off,
- headlong rush,
- heavy right foot,
- helter-skelter,
- hie,
- high lope,
- hump,
- hump it,
- hurry,
- hurry away,
- hurry on,
- hurry through,
- hurry up,
- hurry-scurry,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- jog trot,
- leap,
- light out,
- lope,
- lose no time,
- make haste,
- make off,
- maximum speed,
- move quickly,
- nip,
- nip off,
- open throttle,
- plunge,
- post,
- press on,
- push on,
- race,
- run,
- rush,
- rush through,
- scamper off,
- scoot,
- scour,
- scramble,
- screw,
- scud,
- scurry,
- scuttle,
- shoot,
- skedaddle,
- skin out,
- skip,
- speed,
- sprint,
- spurt,
- step on it,
- tear,
- tear off,
- tear out,
- trot,
- whip off,
- whiz off,
- wide-open speed