MEANING
To run lightly and quickly, often playfully.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- scamper across a floor
- scamper away
On the page
The children scampered between the empty stalls.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- scamper
- Past tense
- scampered
- Past participle
- scampered
- Present participle
- scampering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- scamper
- Present continuous
- am/is/are scampering
- Present perfect
- have/has scampered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been scampering
- Past
- scampered
- Past continuous
- was/were scampering
- Past perfect
- had scampered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been scampering
- Future
- will scamper
- Future continuous
- will be scampering
- Future perfect
- will have scampered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been scampering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: scamper; scampers; scampered; scampered; scampering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: scampers.
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