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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
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Derived Forms
- ˈ辱, adjective
- ˈ, noun
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Other Word Forms
- İ noun
- iԲ· adverb
- i adjective
- i·ly adverb
- i·ness noun
- ܲ· 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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For adult readers and viewers, he’s a comical scamp; to a kid, he’s an ideal.
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He cultivated a reputation as a beloved scamp who did what he wanted.
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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.
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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.
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Throughout his career, he delighted in being a newsroom scamp.
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