scamper
/ˈskæmpə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The dog scampered after the squirrel."
- "[W]hy if you don't ſcamper, you'll be baſtil'd, before you can ſay, "Killarney.""
- "And so saying he scampered off to the hill, to the amusement of honest Plat; and it is likely lost no time in making his advances to the young widow."
- "The younger and lighter members of his tribe scampered to the higher branches of the great trees to escape his wrath; risking their lives upon branches that scarce supported their weight rather than face old Kerchak in one of his fits of uncontrolled anger."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: schamperen, escamper, *excappare
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈskæmpə/
- British English: /ˈskæmpə/