"scamper" meaning in English

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Noun

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

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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "word": "носиться"
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        [
          "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"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "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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