scamper

noun

1. A quick, light run.
2. One who skimps or does slipshod work.

verb

1. (intransitive)To run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful or undignified manner.

   “The dog scampered after the squirrel.”

   “[W]hy if you don't ſcamper, you'll be baſtil'd, before you can ſay, "Killarney."”

   “And so saying he scampered off to the hill, to the amusement of honest Plat; and it is likely lost no time in making his advances to the young widow.”

   “The younger and lighter members of his tribe scampered to the higher branches of the great trees to escape his wrath; risking their lives upon branches that scarce supported their weight rather than face old Kerchak in one of his fits of uncontrolled anger.”

   “Three minutes later, Luka Modric scampered down the right, clipped a cross to the near post and Ronaldo’s clipped finish gave the remainder of the match an air of inevitability.”