Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scamper"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scamper \Scam"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scampered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Scampering}.] [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.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scamper \Scam"per\, n.
A scampering; a hasty flight.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scamper
n : rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn: {scramble},
{scurry}]
v : to move about or proceed hurriedly: "so terrified by the
extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
higher ground." [syn: {scurry}, {skitter}, {scuttle}]
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