scamperer
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskæmpəɹə/
- (General American, without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈskæmpəɹɚ/
- (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈskeə̯mpəɹɚ/, /ˈskɛə̯mpəɹɚ/
- Hyphenation: scam‧pe‧rer
Noun
scamperer (plural scamperers)
- One who scampers.
- 1873, John Tyndall, The Forms of Water in Clouds and Rivers, Ice and Glaciers:
- They were no idle scamperers on the mountains that made these wild recesses first known […]