scamper vs scuttering

scamper

noun
  • A quick, light run. 

  • One who skimps or does slipshod work. 

verb
  • To run quickly and lightly, especially in a playful or undignified manner. 

scuttering

noun
  • The act of running with a light pattering noise; a skittering. 

How often have the words scamper and scuttering occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )