SCAMPERED

Verb

scampered

simple past tense and past participle of scamper

Adjective

scampered (not comparable)

Achieved by a scampering motion.

Anagrams

• decampers

Source: Wiktionary


SCAMPER

Scam"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scampered; p. pr. & vb. n. Scampering.] Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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.

Scam"per, n.

Definition: A scampering; a hasty flight.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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