Associations to the word «Scampering»

Wiktionary

SCAMPER, noun. A quick, light run.
SCAMPER, verb. (intransitive) To run quickly and lightly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner.

Dictionary definition

SCAMPER, noun. Rushing about hastily in an undignified way.
SCAMPER, verb. To move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley