(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)
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 ]