Found 2 items, similar to Scampered.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: scamper
scamper
n : rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn:
scramble,
scurry]
v : to move about or proceed hurriedly;
“so terrified by the
extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
higher ground” [syn:
scurry,
skitter,
scuttle]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Scampered
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.
[1913 Webster]
The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering
about the room after a mouse. --S. Sharpe.
[1913 Webster]