单词 | scampering |
释义 | scamperingn. In the senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > [noun] > scurrying or scampering scuttlinga1450 scampering1691 scurrying1862 squittling1862 chevying1880 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > capering jetting1440 gambolling1525 frisking1572 capering1598 scampering1691 caprioling1821 caracoling1837 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly scamper1697 decampment1706 helter-skelter1713 scamperinga1774 run1799 leg-bail1808 bolting1820 bolt1831 absquatulation1839 vamosing1862 hot foot1869 1691 W. Mountfort Greenwich-Park ii. iii. 22 Sir Tho... Let's have a Dance... La. Haz. I think we had better Dance at Home... Sir Tho. Agreed, then we'll first to Supper, and then for a Rubbers at scampring. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 477 Nobody else can know in what instances I have restrained its [sc. a horse's] scamperings. 1843 T. B. Macaulay Madame D'Arblay in Ess. ⁋40 A cry of ‘The King!’ was set up. A general scampering followed. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. viii. 51 A terrible noise of scrambling and scratching and scampering in the very room beside her. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2018). scamperingadj. In senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > [adjective] > scurrying or scampering scampering1859 scurrying1862 skittering1883 scuttling1895 1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 199 A scampering crowd of agile young runners. 1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly I. Prol. i. 6 In these days of Pacific Railways and scampering Globe Trotters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1691adj.1859 |
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