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scampered

scampered is the simple past and past participle of scamper.

Meaning of scamper

Verb

scamper (third-person singular simple present scampers, present participle scampering, simple past and past participle scampered)

  1. (intransitive) To run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful or undignified manner.
    • The dog scampered after the squirrel.

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Adjective

scampered (not comparable)

  1. Achieved by a scampering motion.
    • Constantine pushed him through mid-off for a quickly scampered single.2001, James Riordan, The Young Oxford Book of Sports Stories
    • The second ball was pushed to mid-off for a scampered single.2006, Roland Perry, The Ashes: A Celebration

Questions about scampered

What does scampered mean?
Scampered means achieved by a scampering motion.
What is scampered the simple past and past participle of?
Scampered is the simple past and past participle of scamper.
What part of speech is scampered?
Scampered is an adjective.

Words near scampered in the dictionary

  1. scampavia
  2. scampavias
  3. scamped
  4. scamper
  5. scamper juice
  6. scampered
  7. scamperer
  8. scamperers
  9. scampering
  10. scamperingly
  11. scamperings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scampered (page history and authors); scamper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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