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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scamper.

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Examples

  • A female approaches to within a hand-length; but his display has stopped and he quickly scampers downhill, taking with him my hopes of seeing the full courtship dance.

    Country diary: Orwell, Cambridgeshire 2011

  • Then he scampers back for two to bring up a splendid fifty partnerhip from 72 balls.

    England v South Africa - live! | Rob Smyth 2011

  • Dylan grins and scampers off, disappearing out of sight around a corner, out of our little enclave of booths.

    A-hole parenting 101 Tyler 2009

  • He's made the most of his cameo appearances—notching crucial runs in the playoffs or long touchdown scampers.

    Shonn Greene's Honeymoon Is Over Kevin Clark 2011

  • If the young monkey gets frightened, it scampers back to the mother.

    The Science of Success 2009

  • In terms of English sporting glory at ungodly hours though, I'm not sure this can match up to last winter's Ashes, though - if I can't sleep, I just imagine Aggers et al describing Cook & Trott batting England to 517-1, and away I go...12 min: Todua scampers and scurries away down the right flank like a 15-stone ferret.

    Rugby World Cup 2011: England v Georgia – live! | John Ashdown 2011

  • Well, we were watching my brother after the doe took off and all of a sudden the little red squirrel jumps into our ground blind, scampers around, then crawls right up my brothers pant leg. at this time me and my cousin are laughing hysterically and the hunt is over.

    Little Red Squirrel in the Pant Leg 2009

  • Hauk emerges from the water, scampers up the hill, and ducks down behind a truck, his back to it.

    Can You Survive The Zombie Apocalypse? Max Brallier 2011

  • He scampers past his opponent and delivers the ball for Higuain, whose header is an abomination.

    Real Madrid v Milan – as it happened Tom Lutz 2010

  • The stoat scampers along the dry-stone wall, lightly cresting the lichen-covered coping stones.

    Country diary: Allendale, Northumberland 2011

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