Scamp Definition

skămp
scamps
noun
scamps
A mischievous fellow; rascal.
Webster's New World
A mischievous youngster.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
scamps
To make, do, or perform in a careless, inadequate way.
Webster's New World

(dated) To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Scamp

Noun

Singular:
scamp
Plural:
scamps

Origin of Scamp

  • Probably from scamp to go about idly probably from obsolete Dutch schampen to decamp from Middle Dutch ontscampen scamper

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French escamper (“to run away, to make one's escape")

    From Wiktionary

  • Possibly of Scandinavian origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Scamp Sentence Examples

  • I know she's a scamp of a girl, but I like her.

  • Quinn is an adorable little scamp with MISCHIEF written all over his cheeky face!

  • His clawhammer banjo is quickly surpassing mine too, the scamp... Hope you had a good New Year do.

  • Among successful dramatic pieces may be mentioned the Falu rossza (Village Scamp) of Edward Toth (1875), which represents the life of the Hungarian peasantry, and shows both poetic sentiment and dramatic skill; A szerelem harcza (Combat of Love), by Count Geza Zichy; Iskdriot (1876) and the prize tragedy Tamora (1879), by Anthony Varady; Janus (1877), by Gregory Csiky; and the dramatized romance Szep Mikhal (Handsome Michal), by Maurus Jokai (1877).

  • There's cheeky little Bryan, that naughty scamp Joel, not to mention the daddy - he's got such a nice beard.

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Words Starting With

SSCSCA

Words Ending With

PMPAMP

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