From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scamper \Scam"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scampered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Scampering.] [OF. escamper to escape, to save one's
self; L. ex from + campus the field (sc. of battle). See
Camp, and cf. Decamp, Scamp, n., Shamble, v. t.]
To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner;
to hasten away. --Macaulay.
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The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering
about the room after a mouse. --S. Sharpe.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scamper \Scam"per\, n.
A scampering; a hasty flight.
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