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Scampered

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scamp⋅er

  [skam-per]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to run or go hastily or quickly.
2. to run playfully about, as a child.
–noun
3. a scampering; a quick run.
Origin:
1680–90; obs. scamp to go (see scamp ) + -er 6
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scam·per   (skām'pər)   
intr.v.   scam·pered, scam·per·ing, scam·pers
To run or go quickly and lightly: children scampering off to play.
n.  A quick light run or movement.

[Probably from Flemish schampeeren, frequentative of obsolete Dutch schampen, to run away, decamp, from Middle Dutch ontscampen, from Old French escamper, from Old Italian scampare, from Vulgar Latin *excampāre, from Latin ex campō, out of the field : ex, away; see ex- + campō, ablative of campus, field.]
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Word Origin & History

scamper 
"to run quickly," 1687, probably from Flem. schampeeren, frequentative of schampen "run away," from O.N.Fr. escamper (O.Fr. eschamper) "to run away, flee," from V.L. *excampare "decamp," lit. "leave the field," from L. ex campo, from ex "out of" + campo, ablative of campus "field" (see campus). A vogue word late 17c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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