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How to use scamper in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun, verb

Scamper means a quick, light run. Example: “The dog scampered after the squirrel.”

Examples of scamper by meaning

verbTo run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful or undignified manner.

  • The dog scampered after the squirrel.
  • Three minutes later, Luka Modric scampered down the right, clipped a cross to the near post and Ronaldo’s clipped finish gave the remainder of the match an air of inevitability.2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juve”, in The Guardian (London)

More sentences with scamper

  • I have childhood memories of muddy crabs scampering over mudflats at low tide.From the entry childhood memory
  • A scruffy little dog came scampering down the road.From the entry scruffy
  • The cat scampered inaudibly across the floor.From the entry inaudibly
  • The second ball was pushed to mid-off for a scampered single.2006, Roland Perry, The Ashes: A Celebration. From the entry scampered
  • They scampered like frightened cats upstairs to what was now Hannah's bedroom.2004, Beverly Lewis, The Sacrifice, Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN. From the entry rutsch
  • The Illinois troops delivered a volley that sent the butternuts scampering back across the field.1958, Shelby Foote, The Civil War: A Narrative. Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville.. From the entry butternut
  • She convinces him to relinquish the perilous mission and settle down in matrimonial splendor and the jubilant pitter-patter of scampering gnomettes.2019, Ray Bussard, Gurgurtha: The Epic Quest, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 164. From the entry gnomette
  • With her bloomers still round her ankles Auntie Flip scampered sideways like a crab back to the living room.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry scuttle
  • Life had gone out the window and scampered off.2011, David Seaman, The Real Meaning of Life, page 178. From the entry out the window
  • Adam had looked up and scampered to her.2008, Sandra Marton, Sarah Mayberry, Emilie Rose, Hot City Nights, Harlequin, →ISBN. From the entry pawpaw
  • Hakola’s music scampers about mischievously, mixing together shapely lyricism, atonality, quirky folkishness and an almost hedonistic approach to timbre and rhythm.2007 April 26, Allan Kozinn, “A Finnish Composer Possessed of a Joyful, Mischievous Spirit”, in New York Times. From the entry folkishness
  • A cow would find no joy in scampering up craggy hills to nibble nothing more than an agarita bush.2007 June 17, Paula Disbrowe, “The Year of the Goat”, in New York Times. From the entry agarita
  • Constantine pushed him through mid-off for a quickly scampered single.2001, James Riordan, The Young Oxford Book of Sports Stories. From the entry scampered
  • The two mice, careering wildly, scampered cheekily over his slippers.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 15”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry cheekily
  • The United States shot back as second row Erica Jarrell-Searcy shrugged off Breach in midfield and showed superb pace to scamper in.2025 August 22, Mike Henson, “England open World Cup with 11-try win over USA”, in BBC Sport. From the entry shrug off
  • A gray-haired witch with a memorable nose scampers across a darkened stage, hocusing and pocusing as a group of schoolchildren gasp and cuddle.1998 February 14, “Center Place”, in Dave Nicholson, editor, The Tampa Tribune, page 21, column 2. From the entry hocus and pocus
  • A rat scampered across the tin cans and burst sandbags, and trench atmosphere reasserted itself in a smell of chloride of lime.1930, Siegfried Sassoon, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, London: Faber and Faber, page 312 (Faber…. From the entry chloride of lime
  • Three times the Mexican gegenpress drew a scampering counterattack, whirring in on goal only to be foiled by a scudding last-ditch tackle or a last pass just awry.2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The…. From the entry scudding

Meaning of scamper

  1. noun A quick, light run.
  2. verb To run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful or undignified manner.
  3. noun One who skimps or does slipshod work.

Full definition of scamper

Questions about scamper in a sentence

How do you use scamper in a sentence?
Scamper is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The dog scampered after the squirrel.”
What is a short sentence with scamper?
“The dog scampered after the squirrel.”
What does scamper mean?
Scamper means a quick, light run.

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