as in to trot
to go at a pace faster than a walk
the child scampered off to play
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Recent Examples of scamper
That’s when the center field gates opened and dozens of children scampered onto the grass and began to play catch.
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Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
Rats scampered in the sand, running from the snakes.
—Emily Nussbaum, Vulture, 5 July 2024
Roberts was on first base and alertly scampered back to avoid a double play.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Green Bay marched 70 yards in six plays on its first drive of the day and took a 7-0 lead when Willis scampered off the right edge for a 5-yard touchdown run.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
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Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
Rats scampered in the sand, running from the snakes.
—Emily Nussbaum, Vulture, 5 July 2024
Roberts was on first base and alertly scampered back to avoid a double play.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Green Bay marched 70 yards in six plays on its first drive of the day and took a 7-0 lead when Willis scampered off the right edge for a 5-yard touchdown run.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scamper
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What an absolute joy to see a pack of motley mutts trotting around St. Ann’s Warehouse, promenaded by everyone from Sandra Bernhard to Naomi Fry wearing matching toile puffers and beaded poop bag carriers.Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
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That was why the warriors Spotted Tail, Long Chin and Red Leaf trotted on their horses into Fort Laramie a few weeks later.Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Smith was evaluated on the sideline and in the locker room and eventually jogged back onto the sideline late in the third quarter but was unable to return and watched the rest of the game with a wrap on his right knee.Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Take your pick of the products, and any fashionista who jogs (or does any other activity, for that matter) is sure to swoon.Lauren Mazzo, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Hoosier cabinet made the kitchen easier to navigate and more accessible to middle-class housewives in particular who had largely depended on housekeepers to run their kitchens.Michelle Mastro, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
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In early 1976, notorious shyster Morris Levy, known for mob connections and running a successful record label without paying a cent to any artists on it, made a discovery.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
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With advancing technology, screening for fetal abnormalities has galloped ahead, and the test behind the new study became widespread about 10 years ago.ByJennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
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The job’s formative practitioners were smart, galloping, and bold: Lester Bangs loudly typing a review live onstage with the J. Geils Band at Cobo Hall, wearing sunglasses, his Smith-Corona miked like a Stratocaster.Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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This past weekend, families, dragging wheelie bags and carrying blankets, were hurrying in both directions.Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024
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Kraven the Hunter couldn’t be hurried along in reshoots and rewrites.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Scamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scamper. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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