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scamper

 
 
/ˈskæmpər/ verb

Translation

scamper away/down/off, etc to run quickly and with small steps, like a child or a small animal
(çocuk, hayvan) seğirtmek, kaçışmak, sağa sola dağılmak
I shouted and the dog scampered off.4471613
(Definition of scamper verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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