Scamper
Scamper , intransitive verb
[Old French escamper to escape, to save one's self; Latin ex from + campus the field (sc. of battle). See Camp, and compare Decamp, Scamp, n., Shamble, transitive verb]
To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away. — Macaulay
The lady, however,... could not help scampering about the room after a mouse.
Scamper , noun
A scampering; a hasty flight.