n.
Pronunciation: ' skam-p ə r
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form: scam · pered ; scam · per · ing \ -p( ə -)ri ŋ \
Etymology: probably from obsolete Dutch schampen to flee, from Middle French escamper, from Italian scampare, from Vulgar Latin *excampare to decamp, from Latin ex- + campus field
Date: 1685
: to run nimbly and usually playfully about