scamper

1. (intransitive) To run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful or undignified manner.Examples: "The dog scampered after the squirrel."; "[W]hy if you don't ſcamper, you'll be baſtil'd, before you can ſay, "Killarney.""; "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."Synonyms: scurry, ambulate, pedestrianize, raikintransitive