Last week, a very close friend reached out to me seeking help in translating to English some words and phrases that best describe running with short quick steps.
Thereafter, he handed me a printed document of a small project he was working on. while I was reading it, a lot of happy memories surfaced in that moment. I recalled the unforgettable beautiful times that I experienced during my stay at my daughter’s house.
Her kids, well my grandkids, I can still visualize watching them joyfully playing in the backyard, laughing, whispering and running all over the place and sometimes scampering inside the house.
To summarize, I will share with you in this post a set of words and phrases that best describe these types of movements.
Scamper, patter, scuttle, scurry, skitter: run, move or walk with quick short steps!
Scamper — to run nimbly and usually playfully about; to run quickly with light small steps, like a child or a small animal.
- The rabbit scamper away across the lawn.
- The child scampered away when her mom called him inside for dinner.
The children scampered off to play. - She could hear her children scampering in the room above.
- The kids had great fun scampering along in the park.
Patter — to run or walk with quick soft steps; to run with quick light-sounding steps.
- The young woman heard footsteps pattering behind her.
- The patter of tiny feet.
- He jumped up and pattered across the room.
Scuttle — to run or move with short, hurried movements; to move around in an agitated manner; scurry.
- The mice scuttled around the house.
- He was so hungry that he scuttled off to diner.
Scurry — to go or run with light hurried steps, especially because you’re in hurry or afraid; scuttle.
- So terrified from the flood caused by the hurricane that he scurried for a higher ground.
- A grey squirrel is scurrying across my lawn, over the patio.
Skitter — to run quickly and lightly; to go, run or glide lightly or rapidly.
- Mice skittered across the floor.
- Her children skittered up and down in the supermarket aisles.
- He was watching the birds skittering along the ground.
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