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How to pronounce scamper in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms scurry, scuttle, skitter
Type of run
Has types crab
Type Words
Synonyms scramble, scurry
Type of haste, hurry, rush, rushing

Examples of scamper

scamper
In those limbs, little feathered bundles of color bounce and scamper and hustle.
From the chron.com
Then quarterback Sean Hall got the Chargers a first down with a 12-yard scamper.
From the ocregister.com
Next play, George Howard broke off right tackle for a 68-yard touchdown scamper.
From the kentucky.com
Bell scored on a 66-yard scamper in the fourth quarter to make the score 23-10.
From the toledoblade.com
Frank Gore rushed 14 times for 96 yards with most coming on a 41-yard TD scamper.
From the newsobserver.com
Rain interrupts our walk through Chek Jawa, and we scamper back up the boardwalk.
From the online.wsj.com
McCann followed with a soft single to right, allowing Lee to scamper to third.
From the sacbee.com
He won the first set in 36 minutes without once being pushed to a serious scamper.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Taking advantage, Mastromatto scored on a 23-yard scamper on the ensuing play.
From the philly.com
More examples
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  • Stands for a checklist that helps the creative process - substitute, combine, adapt, modify, put (to other uses), eliminate, reverse
  • A checklist technique used as a strategy for increasing the production of original ideas in creative problem solving. The letters of SCAMPER stand for changing something by Substituting, Combining, Adapting, Modifying (or Magnifying or Minifying), Putting to new uses, Eliminating, and Rearranging.
  • A raccoon who was built by MixedCandy and who debuted at Megaplex 3 (2004).^[8]