scamper

Nouns

(n) rushing about hastily in an undignified way scurry, scramble,

Verbs

(v) to move about or proceed hurriedly
- so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
scurry, scuttle, skitter,

Synonyms

scurry scramble scuttle skitter

Words of close approximity

scampi scampo