scamper

scam·per

S0119400 (skăm′pər)intr.v. scam·pered, scam·per·ing, scam·pers To run or go quickly and lightly: children scampering off to play.n. A quick light run or movement.

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[Probably from Flemish schampeeren, frequentative of obsolete Dutch schampen, to run away, decamp, from Middle Dutch ontscampen, from Old French escamper, from Old Italian scampare, from Vulgar Latin *excampāre, from Latin ex campō, out of the field : ex, away; see ex- + campō, ablative of campus, field; see campus.]

scamper

(ˈskæmpə) vb (intr) 1. to run about playfully2. (often foll by through) to hurry quickly through (a place, task, book, etc)nthe act of scampering[C17: probably from scamp (vb); see scamp¹] ˈscamperer n

scamp•er

(ˈskæm pər)

v.i. 1. to run or go hastily. 2. to run playfully about; caper. n. 3. an act or instance of scampering. [1680–90; obsolete scamp (see scamp) + -er⁶]

scamper

Past participle: scampered
Gerund: scampering

Imperative
scamper
scamper

Present
I scamper
you scamper
he/she/it scampers
we scamper
you scamper
they scamper

Preterite
I scampered
you scampered
he/she/it scampered
we scampered
you scampered
they scampered

Present Continuous
I am scampering
you are scampering
he/she/it is scampering
we are scampering
you are scampering
they are scampering

Present Perfect
I have scampered
you have scampered
he/she/it has scampered
we have scampered
you have scampered
they have scampered

Past Continuous
I was scampering
you were scampering
he/she/it was scampering
we were scampering
you were scampering
they were scampering

Past Perfect
I had scampered
you had scampered
he/she/it had scampered
we had scampered
you had scampered
they had scampered

Future
I will scamper
you will scamper
he/she/it will scamper
we will scamper
you will scamper
they will scamper

Future Perfect
I will have scampered
you will have scampered
he/she/it will have scampered
we will have scampered
you will have scampered
they will have scampered

Future Continuous
I will be scampering
you will be scampering
he/she/it will be scampering
we will be scampering
you will be scampering
they will be scampering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scampering
you have been scampering
he/she/it has been scampering
we have been scampering
you have been scampering
they have been scampering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scampering
you will have been scampering
he/she/it will have been scampering
we will have been scampering
you will have been scampering
they will have been scampering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scampering
you had been scampering
he/she/it had been scampering
we had been scampering
you had been scampering
they had been scampering

Conditional
I would scamper
you would scamper
he/she/it would scamper
we would scamper
you would scamper
they would scamper

Past Conditional
I would have scampered
you would have scampered
he/she/it would have scampered
we would have scampered
you would have scampered
they would have scampered

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scamper - rushing about hastily in an undignified wayscurry, scramblerush, rushing, haste, hurry - the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"
Verb	1.	scamper - to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"scurry, scuttle, skittercrab - scurry sideways like a crabrun - move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"

scamper

verb run, dash, dart, fly, hurry, sprint, romp, beetle, hasten, scuttle, scurry, scoot, hie (archaic) The flash sent the foxes scampering away.

scamper

verbTo move swiftly on foot so that both feet leave the ground during each stride:run, scurry, sprint.

Translations

惊惶逃跑

scamper

(ˈskӕmpə) verb to run quickly and lightly. The mouse scampered away when it saw me. 碎步快跑，驚惶逃跑 惊惶逃跑