scamp
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.
to do or perform in a hasty or careless manner: to scamp work.
Origin of scamp
1Other words from scamp
- scamper, noun
- scamp·ing·ly, adverb
- scampish, adjective
- scamp·ish·ly, adverb
- scamp·ish·ness, noun
- un·scamped, adjective
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How to use scamp in a sentence
Neglect of the property, financial ruin, scamped education for the child!
Plays--First Series | August StrindbergAnd if that production were scamped this week because Cochrane was away, he would be the one to take the loss in reputation.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald JenkinsNow was the time when a bit of scamped work by the mechanic is paid for by the life of the aeronaut.
Danger! and Other Stories | Arthur Conan DoyleEven when the college work was uncongenial, he never scamped it, but mastered the subject.
James Gilmour of Mongolia | James GilmourThe ascending shaft is not a hurried piece of work, scamped by a creature impatient to reach the sunlight.
Social Life in the Insect World | J. H. Fabre
British Dictionary definitions for scamp (1 of 2)
/ (skæmp) /
an idle mischievous person; rascal
a mischievous child
Origin of scamp
1Derived forms of scamp
- scampish, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for scamp (2 of 2)
/ (skæmp) /
a less common word for skimp
Derived forms of scamp
- scamper, noun
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