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Thesaurus: scamper

To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away.

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  1. v. t. To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away.
  2. n. A scampering; a hasty flight.
  3. n. rushing about hastily in an undignified way
  4. v. to move about or proceed hurriedly
  5. To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away. Macaulay. The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering about the room after a mouse. S. Sharpe. A scampering; a hasty flight.
  6. To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner;to hasten away. Macaulay.The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering about the roomafter a mouse. S. Sharpe.
  7. n:5/v:95 n. rushing about hastily in an undignified way