Antonyms for scamper

Grammar : Verb

Spell : skam-per

Phonetic Transcription : ˈskæm pər

Definition of scamper

Origin : "to run quickly," 1680s, probably from Flemish schampeeren, frequentative of schampen "run away," from Old North French escamper (Old French eschamper) "to run away, flee, quit the battlefield, escape," from Vulgar Latin *excampare "decamp," literally "leave the field," from Latin ex campo, from ex "out of" (see ex-) + campo, ablative of campus "field" (see campus). A vogue word late 17c. Related: Scampered; scampering. The noun is 1680s, from the verb.

verb run, dash

Example sentences :

Let it but scamper across the corner, and at once it is discovered.
Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

Bannock barked for joy also, and struggled up to scamper back to his master.
Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby

How Miss Bella Curtis did scamper for her two cents to pay the postman!
Extract from : « The Little Nightcap Letters. » by Frances Elizabeth Barrow

Either we will gloriously take them, or they will limber up and scamper after Jackson.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

Just as we were undress'd and going to bed, the Gentlemen arrived, and we had to scamper.
Extract from : « Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782 » by Lucinda Lee Orr

And a very blooming boy he looked, after that mysterious morning scamper.
Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

To see them scamper when the boat whistled was a sight to be remembered.
Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various

Then somebody pulled the revolver from the other hand and there was a scamper of feet.
Extract from : « The Green Rust » by Edgar Wallace

A scamper of feet fetched me out of my berth and up on deck.
Extract from : « From a Cornish Window » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Let the young colt have a scamper,” said Dr. Carter; “it will do her good.
Extract from : « Peggy in Her Blue Frock » by Eliza Orne White

Synonyms for scamper

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