scamper
verb/ˈskæmpə(r)/
/ˈskæmpər/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they scamper | /ˈskæmpə(r)/ /ˈskæmpər/ |
| he / she / it scampers | /ˈskæmpəz/ /ˈskæmpərz/ |
| past simple scampered | /ˈskæmpəd/ /ˈskæmpərd/ |
| past participle scampered | /ˈskæmpəd/ /ˈskæmpərd/ |
| -ing form scampering | /ˈskæmpərɪŋ/ /ˈskæmpərɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. (especially of children or small animals) to move quickly with short light stepsOxford Collocations DictionaryScamper is used with these nouns as the subject:
- dog
- squirrel
Word Originlate 17th cent. (in the sense ‘run away’): probably from scamp ‘do something inadequately’.Want to learn more?
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