scamper

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
  2. verb to move about or proceed hurriedly

Etymology

First attested in 1687. Origin uncertain, but possibly from Dutch schamperen, from Old French escamper, from Vulgar Latin *excampāre.

In classic literature

Synonyms

scramble, scurry

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