scampering

VERB

run, dash

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bolt dart hurry romp scoot scurry scuttle skip sprint trot zip

STRONG

flee fly hasten hie race shoot skedaddle speed tear whip

WEAK

light out make off rush off speed away

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dawdle slow wait walk

STRONG

face stay

WEAK

stroll

Example Sentences

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Then, he satirizes conservatives’ discomfort with his Blackness by sitting silently as Martin Short, playing a nervous young Republican delivering a hackneyed diatribe, shudders in his presence before scampering offstage to fall apart.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

The Galicians capitalised on Barcelona's high defensive line, sending Sergio Carreira scampering in behind and he held his nerve to beat Wojciech Szczesny.

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

After just three minutes, the towering Josh Lord ambled through a huge gap in a ruck before nonchalantly popping the ball off to scampering scrum-half Roigard.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

The children started playing, scampering up piles of debris.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2025

Out on the playground, during recess, Nick would creep up behind her and make a grab for the cap, almost yanking it off, then scampering away.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien