scamperv. i.[OF. escamper to escape, to save one's self; L. ex from + campus the field (sc. of battle). See Camp, and cf. Decamp, Scamp, n., Shamble, v. t.] To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away.(Macaulay.)The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering about the room after a mouse. (S. Sharpe.)n. A scampering; a hasty flight.()