scampering
present participle ofscamper
scamper
verb[I+ adv/prep]
uk/ˈskæm.pər/us/ˈskæm.pɚ/Whensmallchildrenandanimalsscamper, theyrunwithsmallquicksteps:
Thechildrenscamperedoffinto thegarden.
Synonyms
scurry
scuttle
skitter
to run
- runShe saw him running down the street.
- sprintI had to sprint to catch the bus.
- jog"What do you do to keep fit?" "I jog and go swimming."
- raceHe raced up the stairs to answer the phone.
- rushEveryone rushed to the door when the alarm went off.
- dashHe dashed out the door after the dog.
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
Examplesofscampering
scampering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
You see the youngstersscamperingoff the playground, which is a field, back to the little school to put themselves under the school desks.
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I hope that we shall not indulge in this kind ofscamperingany longer.
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I know of few things more beautiful than rabbitsscamperingacross the fields fairly late in the evening.
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The lovely lady, the business man, the brilliant student, thescamperinglittle girl have vanished, utterly consumed in the furnace of the flash.
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I have never understood why polytechnics arescamperingfor a geographical location in their title.
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Our system could hardly be better designed to ensure that we foul up, because we are rushing andscamperingat the wrong times.
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There will be no morescamperingof the children who go to press buttons.
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There is no time to go to the police authorities, so they goscamperingabout to neighbours and collect a few pounds to clear the rent, and they clear it.
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People werescamperingand rushing to work.
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The phrase hina mina means scattered, like a large collection of objects spilled (orscampering, as in small animals) in all different directions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Defendants had often avoided legal responsibilities byscamperingfrom the state of occurrence and not being available for service of process.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is described as being able to smile in a way that would send hitherto sane menscamperinginto the trees.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The monster roused his fierce rage byscamperinground his position as a means of revving up his momentum and sharpening a deadly attacking pulse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These cars contained a plastic bladder which could be filled with pressurized air that, when released, sent the carscamperingdown the track.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She washes and dresses her three kittens for the party, but within moments the kittens have soiled and lost their clothes whilescamperingabout the garden.
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- philosophical thought
- philosophical tradition
- philosophical view
- philosophical viewpoint
- philosophize
- philosophized
- philosophizing
- philosophy
- phisher
- phishing
- phlebotomist
- phlebotomy
- phlegm
- phlegmatic
- phloem
- pho
- -phobe
- phobia
- phobic
- phoenix
- phoenix club
- phoenix-club
- phonation
- phone
- phone application