: 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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Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
On a two-play drive, fullback Bob Apisa (who scored the only touchdown in the earlier meeting) scampered the final 38 yards to pull Michigan State within eight.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2024
Center Nick Dawkins reached for the iPad to get another look at the series that ended with Allar’s 8-yard scamper falling a yard short of a first down.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Another marmoset scampered down a branch and stopped suddenly to look at us.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
On a two-play drive, fullback Bob Apisa (who scored the only touchdown in the earlier meeting) scampered the final 38 yards to pull Michigan State within eight.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
Jackson Hart’s 15-yard TD scamper late in the third quarter broke a 14-14 tie as Dartmouth (8-3) went on to defeat Fairhaven, 21-16.
—Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2024
Center Nick Dawkins reached for the iPad to get another look at the series that ended with Allar’s 8-yard scamper falling a yard short of a first down.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Scamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scamper. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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