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scampers

scampers is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Questions about scampers

What is scampers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scampers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scamper.

Words near scampers in the dictionary

  1. scamperer
  2. scamperers
  3. scampering
  4. scamperingly
  5. scamperings
  6. scampers
  7. scamphood
  8. scampi
  9. scampies
  10. scamping
  11. scampingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scampers (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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