scamper

scamper
v
1. scurry, scoot, race, Brit. chevy; hasten, make haste, speed, accelerate, hustle, hurry, post, rush, scramble; move swiftly, move quickly, hie, step lively, step quickly, spank, clip, double-time, Inf. hump or hump it; jog, tiot, canter, lope; run, dash, dart, bolt, tear, tear along, bowl along, make time, cover ground, make strides or rapid strides; sprint, fly, flit, whiz, whisk; zoom, zip, career, rip, scour, scud, scorch, burn up the road, outstrip the wind, race like the wind, go or be off like a shot, Chiefly Brit. hare, Inf. roar, Inf. barrel, Inf. pour it on, Inf. eat up the road; take flight, take to flight, take wing, Inf. beat it, Inf. skip out, Inf. skedaddle, Sl. skidoodle, Sl. vamoose; take off, Inf. clear out, Inf. make tracks, Inf. cut out, Inf. fly the coop, Sl. split, Sl. scram, Sl. blow, Sl. hightail it; All Sl. step on it, hop to it, snap to it, get cracking, get a hustle or a move on, stir one's stumps.
2. brattle, skip, hop, jump, trip, gambol, caper, romp, play.

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  • 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;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Scamper — Scam per, n. A scampering; a hasty flight. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scamper — index race Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • SCAMPER — (аббревиатура от англ. Substitute Combine Adapt Modify Put Eliminate Reverse) методика креативности в форме проверочного списка. Автором методики является Боб Эберле (1997 год), хотя идея использования более обширного проверочного списка… …   Википедия

  • scamper — (v.) to run quickly, 1680s, probably from Flem. schampeeren, frequentative of schampen run away, from O.N.Fr. escamper (O.Fr. eschamper) to run away, flee, from V.L. *excampare decamp, lit. leave the field, from L. ex campo, from ex out of +… …   Etymology dictionary

  • scamper — vb *scuttle, scurry, skedaddle, sprint Analogous words: *speed, hurry, hasten: *rush, dash, shoot …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • scamper — [v] run, dash bolt, dart, flee, fly, hasten, hie, hurry, light out, make off, race, romp, rush off, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, skedaddle*, skip, speed, speed away, sprint, tear, trot, whip, zip*; concept 150 Ant. stroll …   New thesaurus

  • scamper — ► VERB ▪ run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement. ► NOUN ▪ an act of scampering. ORIGIN probably from SCAMP(Cf. ↑scampish) …   English terms dictionary

  • scamper — [skam′pər] vi. [prob. < MFr escamper, to flee < It scampare < VL * excampare, to decamp < L ex, out + campus, field of battle: see CAMPUS] to run or go hurriedly or quickly n. the act of scampering scamperer n …   English World dictionary

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