Scampering

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scamper \Scam"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scampered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Scampering}.] [OF. escamper to escape, to save one's
     self; L. ex from + campus the field (sc. of battle). See
     {Camp}, and cf. {Decamp}, {Scamp}, n., {Shamble}, v. t.]
     To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner;
     to hasten away. --Macaulay.


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           The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering
           about the room after a mouse.            --S. Sharpe.
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