: 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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Alina Hartounian, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
Air cargo in and out of China is seeing a brief spike in rates amid tit-for-tat tariff drama as more U.S. businesses scampered to get product out of the country.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 Apr. 2025
Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Spencer Platt / Getty Images Hens that have room to scamper aren’t any more resistant to bird flu than those that don’t.
—Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
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Verb
The brightly colored reptiles were once plentiful throughout parts of the East Coast, scampering around ponds and into people's backyards.
—Alina Hartounian, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
Air cargo in and out of China is seeing a brief spike in rates amid tit-for-tat tariff drama as more U.S. businesses scampered to get product out of the country.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
Maddie badly lies that Reagan's upstairs and scampers away to shut herself in the bathroom.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Spencer Platt / Getty Images Hens that have room to scamper aren’t any more resistant to bird flu than those that don’t.
—Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scamper
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“Scamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scamper. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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