scamper

intr.v., -pered, -per·ing, -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.]

verb

To move swiftly on foot so that both feet leave the ground during each stride: run, scurry, sprint. See move/halt.

v

Definition: run, dash
Antonyms: stroll

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IN BRIEF: To hurry, usually in short steps.

The puppy liked to scamper from tree to tree to tree.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - rende, fjumse, fare
n. - hovedkuls flugt, løb

Nederlands (Dutch)
rennen, galopperen, galop

Français (French)
v. intr. - galopade, trottinement
n. - trottiner, gambader, galoper

Deutsch (German)
v. - huschen, hoppeln
n. - Flitzen, Trollen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τρέχω, πιλαλώ
n. - τρεχαλητό

Italiano (Italian)
correre, corsa

Português (Portuguese)
v. - galopar
n. - galope (m), fuga precipitada (f)

Русский (Russian)
быстрый бег, пробежка, беглый просмотр (книги), бегать (весело, быстро), носиться, бегло просматривать, прочитывать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - corretear, correr o moverse precipitadamente, huir, escaparse
n. - retozo, correteo, fuga, huida

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kila iväg, hoppa, skutta
n. - rusning, skuttande, galopp, snabbtur, hastig genomläsning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
蹦蹦跳跳, 惊惶奔跑, 蹦跳, 浏览, 奔跑

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 蹦蹦跳跳, 驚惶奔跑
n. - 蹦跳, 瀏覽, 奔跑

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 허둥지둥 달려가다, 당황해서 도망치다, (어린이 등이) 뛰어 놀다
n. - 뛰어다님, 도주, 급한 여행

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 敏捷に動きまわる, 慌てて逃げる
n. - 疾走, 急ぎの旅行

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعدو, يفر (الاسم) عدو, فرار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮רץ, נס‬
n. - ‮ריצה, מנוסה‬

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