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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/ æ /
noun
an idle mischievous person; rascal
a mischievous child
scamp
2/ æ /
verb
a less common word for skimp
Other Word Forms
- scamper noun
- scampingly adverb
- scampish adjective
- scampishly adverb
- scampishness noun
- unscamped adjective
- ˈ辱 adjective
- ˈ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of scamp1
Example Sentences
For adult readers and viewers, he’s a comical scamp; to a kid, he’s an ideal.
He cultivated a reputation as a beloved scamp who did what he wanted.
To the end, he treats Bankman-Fried as sort of an endearing scamp who got in over his head, essentially by an adorable habit of inattention.
Hopefully, Joshua watched “The Mandalorian” when he was young, because this little scamp is going to try his patience, or, you know, annihilate existence as we know it.
Throughout his career, he delighted in being a newsroom scamp.
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