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scamper

scam·per [ skámpər ]


intransitive verb  (past and past participle scam·pered, present participle scam·per·ing, 3rd person present singular scam·pers)
Definition:
 
run playfully: to run quickly or playfully



noun 
Definition:
 
playful run: a quick or playful run

[Late 17th century. Probably via Middle Dutch schampen "slip away, decamp" < Old French esc(h)amper< Latin campus "field"]

scam·per·er noun
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