Definitions for Scamp
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywagverb

   one who is playfully mischievous

2. scampverb

   perform hastily and carelessly

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scampnoun

   A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.

   While walking home from the bar, he was set upon by a bunch of scamps who stole his hat.

2. scampnoun

   A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.

   My nephew is a little scamp who likes to leave lighted firecrackers under the lawnchairs of his dozing elders.

3. scampverb

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

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1. scamp

   A scamp is a person, especially a child, who is playful in a mischievous way. They tend to be naughty but in a charming or amusing manner. The term can also relate to someone who conducts fraudulent or dishonest actions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scampnoun

   a rascal; a swindler; a rogue

2. Scampadjective

   to perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially

3. Etymology: [OF. escamper to run away, to make one's escape. Originally, one who runs away, a fugitive, a vagabond. See Scamper.]

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1. Scamp

   Scamp is a Disney canine cartoon and comics character, the son of Lady and the Tramp, appearing in the animated movies Lady and the Tramp and Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure, as well as in comic strips and books of his own since the 1950s.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scamp

   skamp, n. a vagabond: a mean fellow.—v.i. Scam′per, to run with speed and trepidation.—n. a rapid run.—adj. Scam′pish, rascally. [O. Fr. escamper, to flee—It. scampare, to escape—L. ex, out, campus, a battlefield.]

2. Scamp

   skamp, v.t. to do work in a dishonest manner without thoroughness—also Skimp.—n. Scam′per. [Prob. Ice. skamta, to dole out, to stint.]

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Anagrams for Scamp »

1. camps

How to pronounce Scamp?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Scamp in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Scamp in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Scamp
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Scamp
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Scamp
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Scamp
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Scamp
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Scamp