All scamper synonyms
scampΒ·er
S s verb scamper
- dart β If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
- bestirred β to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
- make away β to depart in haste
- hasten β to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- make haste β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- make it snappy β apt to snap or bite; snappish, as a dog.
- barrelled β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- get it β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- bustle β If someone bustles somewhere, they move there in a hurried way, often because they are very busy.
- course β Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
- fly β to move through the air using wings.
- barreled β Having the specified number of barrels.
- hasting β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- get cracking β to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- cut and run β to make a rapid escape
- bolt β A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
- careering β an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- get away β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- leave holding the bag β a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- fussed β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- dash β If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- barrelling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- make off β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make time β the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- flee β to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
- get a move on β to pass from one place or position to another.
- make tracks β a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- dog it β a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- dancing β When people dance for enjoyment or to entertain others, you can refer to this activity as dancing.
- got it β simple past tense and past participle of get it.
- fussing β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- bestir β to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- flighted β the act, manner, or power of flying.
- flighting β the act, manner, or power of flying.
- race β Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- hasted β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- barreling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- fly the coop β an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
- careered β an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- hightail it β to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- make oneself scarce β insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
noun scamper
- briskness β quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- impetuosity β the quality or condition of being impetuous.
- haste β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.