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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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A video of the wolf scampering on a road in the dark, illuminated by the headlights of a vehicle, was uploaded on social media.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

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

The next one was much wider, as the impressive Jamie Dobie looped a long miss pass out to the scampering Reed to dot down in the corner.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

There was a soft, scampering sound, then quiet again.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte