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scamper

scam·per

UK/ˈskeə̯mpɚ/ US/ˈskæmpə/ rare
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

to move about or proceed hurriedly

  • “so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground”
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Origin

First attested in 1687. Origin uncertain, but possibly from Dutch schamperen, from Old French escamper, from Vulgar Latin *excampāre.

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