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scam·per
(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.
[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.]
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scamper
(ˈskæmpə)vb (intr)
1. to run about playfully
2. (often foll by through) to hurry quickly through (a place, task, book, etc)
n
the act of scampering
[C17: probably from scamp (vb); see scamp1]
ˈscamperer n
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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.
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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 |
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Noun 1. [画像:scamper - rushing about hastily in an undignified way]scamper - rushing about hastily in an undignified way
Verb 1. scamper - to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
crab - scurry sideways like a crab
run - 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"
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scamper
verb run, dash, dart, fly, hurry, sprint, romp, beetle, hasten, scuttle, scurry, scoot, hie (archaic) The flash sent the foxes scampering away.
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scamper
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Translations
يَنْطَلِق مُسْرِعاً
pelášit
pile
iramodik
skjótast, òjóta
laisties lapāsmukt
seğirtmek
scamper
[ˈskæmpəʳ] VI → escabullirseto scamper in/out → entrar/salir corriendo
to scamper along → ir corriendo
scamper about VI + ADV → corretear
scamper away scamper off VI + ADV → escabullirse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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scamper
n they can go for a scamper in the garden → sie können im Garten herumtollen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
scamper
[ˈskæmpəʳ] vi + adv (child) to scamper about → scorrazzareto scamper in/out → entrare/uscire di corsa
to scamper away, scamper off → darsela a gambe
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
scamper
(ˈskӕmpə) verb to run quickly and lightly. The mouse scampered away when it saw me. haastig vlug يَنْطَلِق مُسْرِعاً офейквам correr pelášit davonrennen pile τρέχω ανάλαφρα, φεύγω γρήγορα zafarse, corretear (minema) lipsama گريختن kipittää détaler לִברוֹחַ מַהֵר दौड़ जाना, हड़बड़ी pobjeći, žuriti se iramodik cepat skjótast, þjóta scappare, sgattaiolare 急いで逃げる 재빨리 달아나다 nerti, smukti mukt; laisties lapās berlari melompat-lompat rennen løpe/fare omkring śmigać, pędzić ځغاستل، منډې وهل تښتيدل fugir a fugi, a o şterge бежать стремглав ufujazdiť; dať sa na útek popihati jo skakutati kila วิ่งอย่างรวดเร็วและเบา seğirtmek 碎步快跑,驚惶逃跑 бігти стрімголов; гасати طرارے بھرنا chạy vụt, chạy vội vàng 惊惶逃跑
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