scamper

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: scramblescurryskitterscuttle

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. rushing about hastily in an undignified waySynonyms: scramblescurry

Verb (1)

  1. to move about or proceed hurriedly“so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground”Synonyms: scurryskitterscuttle
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering about the room after a mouse. --S. Sharpe. [1913 Webster]

Scamper \Scam"per\, n. A scampering; a hasty flight. [1913 Webster]
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