Webster's English Dictionary

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scamper

1. scam.per \'skam-p*r\ \-p(*-)rin\ vi or scam.per.ing [prob. fr. obs. D 
   schampen to flee, fr. MF escamper, fr. It scam]pare, fr. (assumed) VL 
   excampare to decamp, fr. L ex- + campus field - more at CAMP : to run 
   nimbly and playfully about 
2. scamper n : a playful scurry