scamper Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scramble; scurry.
verb to move about or proceed hurriedly
skitter; scurry; scuttle.
- so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground

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.

imperfect & past participle Scampered ; present participle & verbal noun Scampering

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.