scamper off
1scamper — Synonyms and related words: bolt, bundle, burst, burst of speed, bustle, canter, career, chase, crowd, dart, dash, dash off, dash on, dead run, dig out, dogtrot, double time, drive, festinate, flank speed, flat out speed, flee, fling, flurry,… …
2scamper — [v] run, dash bolt, dart, flee, fly, hasten, hie, hurry, light out, make off, race, romp, rush off, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, skedaddle*, skip, speed, speed away, sprint, tear, trot, whip, zip*; concept 150 Ant. stroll …
3scamper — [[t]skæ̱mpə(r)[/t]] scampers, scampering, scampered VERB When people or small animals scamper somewhere, they move there quickly with small, light steps. [V prep/adv] Children scampered off the yellow school bus and into the playground... [V… …
4scamper — v 1. scurry, scoot, race, Brit. chevy; hasten, make haste, speed, accelerate, hustle, hurry, post, rush, scramble; move swiftly, move quickly, hie, step lively, step quickly, spank, clip, double time, Inf. hump or hump it; jog, tiot, canter,… …
5scamper — verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) to run with quick short steps, like a child or small animal (+ in/out/off etc): Giggling, the children scampered back to the house …
6scamper — verb the boy scampered off his dogs scampered around the yard Syn: scurry, scuttle, dart, run, rush, race, dash, sprint, hurry, hasten, make haste, scoot; romp, skip, frolic, gambol; Brit. scutter …
7dash off — Synonyms and related words: ad lib, author, bat out, botch, bundle, bungle, bustle, cartoon, chalk, charcoal, chase, coauthor, collaborate, color, compose, cook up, copy, crayon, crosshatch, crowd, dash, dash on, daub, delineate, depict, design,… …
8make off — [v] flee, run away abscond, bolt*, clear, cut and run, decamp, depart, escape, fly*, go, leave, make away, quit, retire, run, run for it, run off, scamper, scoot, skedaddle*, skip*, withdraw; concepts 102,150,195 Ant. stay, wait …
9make off — Synonyms and related words: abscond, bolt, decamp, depart, escape, flee, fly, go, leave, quit, retire, run, scamper, scoot, screw, skedaddle, skip, withdraw …
10Avoidance — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence of pursuit. < N PARAG:Avoidance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 abstention abstention abstinence Sgm: N 1 for bearance for bearance Sgm: N 1 refraining refraining &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 inaction inaction &c. 681 …
