: a playful or hurried run or movement
Examples of scamper in a Sentence
Verb
The kids were scampering around the yard.
A mouse scampered across the floor.
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
On the walls are trellis-like sculptures with animals such as cats and rabbits scampering in and out of the bars.
—Alina Tugend, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Spencer Platt / Getty Images Hens that have room to scamper aren’t any more resistant to bird flu than those that don’t.
—Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
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Verb
In the Yankees' 11-5 win Monday, Grisham hit a deep fly ball to center field, and Rodríguez scampered back to the wall and jumped to try and make the play.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
On the walls are trellis-like sculptures with animals such as cats and rabbits scampering in and out of the bars.
—Alina Tugend, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
Maddie badly lies that Reagan's upstairs and scampers away to shut herself in the bathroom.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Spencer Platt / Getty Images Hens that have room to scamper aren’t any more resistant to bird flu than those that don’t.
—Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scamper
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“Scamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scamper. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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