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# scamper

verb (scamper, scampers, scampered, scampering); noun (scamper)

«scamper» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To scamper is to run quickly with short light steps, like a small animal or a child running off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scamper/#m1)
2. A scamper is a quick, light run. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scamper/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories small animals or frightened creatures scamper off into holes or away out of sight

### Examples

- The wolves had scampered off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scamper/#x1)
- The mice scampered away to their holes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scamper/#x2)
- She scampered out of sight, with all the mice after her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scamper/#x3)
- We had a scamper across the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scamper/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scamper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scamper/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scamper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scamper.html) on Mova free.