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Pronunciation : Scam"per
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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 : Defn: 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Scampered; p. pr. & vb. n. Scampering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scam"per
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A scampering; a hasty flight.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913