[scam.per] vi scam.pered ; scam.per.ing [prob. fr. obs. D schampen to flee, fr. MF escamper, fr. It scampare, fr. (assumed) VL excampare to decamp, fr. L ex- + campus field] (1691): to run nimbly and usu. playfully about
[2]scamper n (1697): a playful or hurried run or movement