"scamper" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskæmpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskæmpɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-scamper.ogg [General-American], En-au-scamper.ogg [Australia] Forms: scampers [plural]
Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ) Etymology: First attested in 1687. Origin uncertain, but possibly from Dutch schamperen, from Old French escamper, from Vulgar Latin *excampāre. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|schamperen}} Dutch schamperen, {{der|en|fro|escamper}} Old French escamper, {{der|en|VL.|*excappare|*excampāre}} Vulgar Latin *excampāre Head templates: {{en-noun}} scamper (plural scampers)
  1. A quick, light run.
    Sense id: en-scamper-en-noun-Ug60cbon
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskæmpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskæmpɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-scamper.ogg [General-American], En-au-scamper.ogg [Australia] Forms: scampers [plural]
Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ) Etymology: scamp + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scamp|er}} scamp + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} scamper (plural scampers)
  1. One who skimps or does slipshod work. Synonyms: skimper
    Sense id: en-scamper-en-noun-069bAO5o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 54 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 49 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 5 51 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskæmpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskæmpɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-scamper.ogg [General-American], En-au-scamper.ogg [Australia] Forms: scampers [present, singular, third-person], scampering [participle, present], scampered [participle, past], scampered [past]
Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ) Etymology: First attested in 1687. Origin uncertain, but possibly from Dutch schamperen, from Old French escamper, from Vulgar Latin *excampāre. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|schamperen}} Dutch schamperen, {{der|en|fro|escamper}} Old French escamper, {{der|en|VL.|*excappare|*excampāre}} Vulgar Latin *excampāre Head templates: {{en-verb}} scamper (third-person singular simple present scampers, present participle scampering, simple past and past participle scampered)
  1. (intransitive) To run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful or undignified manner. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Gaits Synonyms: scurry, walk Translations (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner): rabas (Bikol Central), лудувам (luduvam) (Bulgarian), тичам (tičam) (Bulgarian), 跑來跑去 (Chinese Mandarin), 跑来跑去 (pǎoláipǎoqù) (Chinese Mandarin), běžet [imperfective] (Czech), cupitat [imperfective] (Czech), pelášit [imperfective] (Czech), 'm smeren (Dutch), gambader (French), acarreirar (Galician), buligar (Galician), scinn (Irish), sciurd (Irish), 빨리 달리다 (ppalli dallida) (Korean), се стр́ча (se stŕča) (Macedonian), се вту́рна (se vtúrna) (Macedonian), karapetapeta (Maori), pędzić (Polish), бе́гать (bégatʹ) (Russian), носиться (nositʹsja) (Russian), apresurar (Spanish), corretear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-scamper-en-verb-4GNcCf6V Disambiguation of Gaits: 12 11 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 54 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 49 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 5 51 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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    "English terms derived from Dutch",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "English terms suffixed with -er",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/æmpə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/æmpə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "en:Gaits"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "schamperen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch schamperen",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "escamper"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French escamper",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*excappare",
        "4": "*excampāre"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *excampāre",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in 1687. Origin uncertain, but possibly from Dutch schamperen, from Old French escamper, from Vulgar Latin *excampāre.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scampers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scampering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scampered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scampered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scamper (third-person singular simple present scampers, present participle scampering, simple past and past participle scampered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "scamp‧er"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The dog scampered after the squirrel.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juv”, in The Guardian (London)",
          "text": "Three minutes later, Luka Modric scampered down the right, clipped a cross to the near post and Ronaldo’s clipped finish gave the remainder of the match an air of inevitability.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful or undignified manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "run",
          "run#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "lightly",
          "lightly"
        ],
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ],
        [
          "playful",
          "playful"
        ],
        [
          "undignified",
          "undignified"
        ],
        [
          "manner",
          "manner#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful or undignified manner."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "scurry"
        },
        {
          "word": "walk"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskæmpə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskæmpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æmpə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-scamper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/En-us-scamper.ogg/En-us-scamper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/En-us-scamper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-scamper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/En-au-scamper.ogg/En-au-scamper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/En-au-scamper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "rabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "luduvam",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "лудувам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tičam",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "тичам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "跑來跑去"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pǎoláipǎoqù",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "跑来跑去"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "běžet"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "cupitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pelášit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "'m smeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "gambader"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "acarreirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "buligar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "scinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "sciurd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ppalli dallida",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "빨리 달리다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se stŕča",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "се стр́ча"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se vtúrna",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "се вту́рна"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "karapetapeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "pędzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bégatʹ",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "бе́гать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nositʹsja",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "носиться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "apresurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner",
      "word": "corretear"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scamper"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/æmpə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/æmpə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "en:Gaits"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scamp",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "scamp + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "scamp + -er",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scampers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scamper (plural scampers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "scamp‧er"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One who skimps or does slipshod work."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skimp",
          "skimp"
        ],
        [
          "slipshod",
          "slipshod"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "skimper"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskæmpə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskæmpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æmpə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-scamper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/En-us-scamper.ogg/En-us-scamper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/En-us-scamper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-scamper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/En-au-scamper.ogg/En-au-scamper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/En-au-scamper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scamper"
}

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