I saw a mouse scamper across the floor.
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Scamper
//ˈskæmpə//
Synonyms for "scamper" (112 found)
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Translations
23 translations across 15 languages.
Bikol Central
1 entries- rabas verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
Bulgarian
2 entries- лудувам verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
- тичам verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 跑來跑去 /跑来跑去 verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
Czech
3 entries- běžet verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
- cupitat verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
- pelášit verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
Dutch
1 entries- 'm smeren verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- petoli verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
French
1 entries- gambader verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
Galician
2 entries- acarreirar verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
- buligar verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
Irish
2 entries- scinn verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
- sciurd verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
Korean
1 entries- 빨리 달리다 verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
Macedonian
2 entries- се вту́рна verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
- се стр́ча verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
Māori
1 entries- karapetapeta verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
Polish
1 entries- pędzić verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
Russian
2 entries- бе́гать verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
- носиться verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
Spanish
2 entries- apresurar verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
- corretear verb (to run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Spiders had built their webs in the angles of the walls and ceilings; and sometimes, when Oliver walked softly into a room, the mice would scamper across the floor, and run back terrified to their holes.
Source: tatoeba (10885200)
Seeing a squirrel scamper across the car park made Mary happy.
Source: tatoeba (11093943)
Mary was delighted to see a squirrel scamper across the car park.
Source: tatoeba (11093944)
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