Scampering
[skæmpərɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scamper
Typed by Cyril
Examples
- Again scampering devious, bounding here, rushing there, snuffing and sniffing everywhere; she at last discovered me in classe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- We never see her out now, scampering over the furze with a face as red as a rose, as she used to do. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Everybody was sent scampering to the deck at seven o'clock this lovely morning of the thirtieth of June with the glad news that land was in sight! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Why must _she_ be scampering about the country, because her sister had a cold? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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