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Definition of scamper : 1. A scampering; a hasty flight.
2. To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away.

Synonyms:

trip, pound, scuffle, move, skitter, skip, skim, running, scuttle, runner

haste, speed

jog, gallop, scurry, scoot, rush, canter, plunge, bound, hurry, lope, tear, run, race, dart, trot, scramble, sprint, dash

Usage examples:

• Then it would scamper downstairs after her, as she went to the cab in her little white frock; it would watch her drive away, and wander restlessly about the house, crying until she returned. - "A Peep Behind the Scenes", Mrs. O. F. Walton.
• At night the front of the old chateau Is a blaze of light above and below; There's a sound of wheels and hoofs in the street, A cracking of whips, and scamper of feet, Bells are ringing, and horns are blown, And the Baron hath come again to his own. - "The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
• This is an indication of insecurity, on account of forays of Bedaween Arabs, from whom on their approach they have to scamper as fast as they can. - "Byeways in Palestine", James Finn.