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scamp
[ skamp ]
noun
- an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- a playful, mischievous, or naughty young person; upstart.
- a grouper, Mycteroperca phenax, of Florida: so called from its habit of stealing bait.
verb (used with object)
- to do or perform in a hasty or careless manner:
to scamp work.
scamp
1/ skæmp /
noun
- an idle mischievous person; rascal
- a mischievous child
scamp
2/ skæmp /
verb
- a less common word for skimp
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Derived Forms
- ˈscampish, adjective
- ˈscamper, noun
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Other Words From
- scamper noun
- scamping·ly adverb
- scampish adjective
- scampish·ly adverb
- scampish·ness noun
- un·scamped adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scamp1
C18: from scamp (vb) to be a highway robber, probably from Middle Dutch schampen to decamp, from Old French escamper, from es- ex- 1+ -camper, from Latin campus field
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Example Sentences
Fortnum is well behaved, but Mason appears to be a little more of a scamp.
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Meanwhile Mr. Crow had been thinking rapidly—for he was a quick-witted old scamp.
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There was a scamp of a father who had "not been very kind" to Angel, and had been lost, or had thoughtfully lost himself.
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Do you remember a young girl and a tall scamp who wanted to carry you along to Palestine?
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The impudent scamp who gave that order deserves to receive as many lashes as his horse has hairs in his tail!
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I saw Mary Belle transformed from an ordinary playful scamp of a lamb to a primped and perfect darling of the show-ring.
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