(v) to move about or proceed hurriedly, Syn. skitter, scamper, scuttle, Example:so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
n. 1. One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp, especially who sleeps in a wilderness for recreation. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A person who stays at a summer camp or day camp. [ PJC ]
3. A vehicle, such as a small truck, or a pickup truck with a hood over the back, equipped for convenience while camping out. [ PJC ]
happy campera person who is pleased with the situation in which s/he finds him/herself. Often used ironically or in understatement, especially in the negative; as, the passengers left behind on the island were not a bunch of happy campers. [ PJC ]
v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Scampered p. pr. & vb. n. Scampering. ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering about the room after a mouse. S. Sharpe. [ 1913 Webster ]