'Scamp' definitions:
Definition of 'scamp'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Scamp'
From: GCIDE
- Scamp \Scamp\ (sk[a^]mp), n. [OF. escamper to run away, to make one's escape. Originally, one who runs away, a fugitive, a vagabond. See Scamper.] A rascal; a swindler; a rogue. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scamp'
From: GCIDE
- Scamp \Scamp\, v. t. [Cf. Scamp,n., or Scant, a., and Skimp.] To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- A workman is said to scamp his work when he does it in a superficial, dishonest manner. --Wedgwood. [1913 Webster]
- Much of the scamping and dawdling complained of is that of men in establishments of good repute. --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scamp'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bad boy,
- begrudge,
- bird,
- blackguard,
- blink,
- booger,
- buffoon,
- bugger,
- carefully ignore,
- chap,
- cold-shoulder,
- cut a corner,
- cut corners,
- cutup,
- devil,
- dodge,
- dog,
- duck,
- elf,
- enfant terrible,
- famish,
- fudge,
- funmaker,
- grudge,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- imp,
- joker,
- jokester,
- knave,
- limb,
- little devil,
- little monkey,
- little rascal,
- live upon nothing,
- minx,
- mischief,
- mischief-maker,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- pinch,
- pinch pennies,
- pixie,
- practical joker,
- prankster,
- precious rascal,
- puck,
- rapscallion,
- rascal,
- ribald,
- rogue,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- scalawag,
- scant,
- scapegrace,
- scoundrel,
- screw,
- scrimp,
- shyster,
- skim,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimp,
- skip over,
- slight,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- slur over,
- slyboots,
- sneak,
- spalpeen,
- starve,
- stint,
- touch upon,
- touch upon lightly,
- villain,
- wag