scarperv.
/ˈskɑːpə/, U.S. /ˈskɑrpər/ slang.
a. intransitive. To depart hastily, run away; to escape, make one's get-away.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily
fleec825
runOE
swervea1225
biwevec1275
skip1338
streekc1380
warpa1400
yerna1400
smoltc1400
stepc1460
to flee (one's) touch?1515
skirr1548
rubc1550
to make awaya1566
lope1575
scuddle1577
scoura1592
to take the start1600
to walk off1604
to break awaya1616
to make off1652
to fly off1667
scuttle1681
whew1684
scamper1687
whistle off1689
brush1699
to buy a brush1699
to take (its, etc.) wing1704
decamp1751
to take (a) French leave1751
morris1765
to rush off1794
to hop the twig1797
to run along1803
scoot1805
to take off1815
speela1818
to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821
to make (take) tracks (for)1824
absquatulize1829
mosey1829
absquatulate1830
put1834
streak1834
vamoose1834
to put out1835
cut1836
stump it1841
scratch1843
scarper1846
to vamoose the ranch1847
hook1851
shoo1851
slide1859
to cut and run1861
get1861
skedaddle1862
bolt1864
cheese it1866
to do a bunkc1870
to wake snakes1872
bunk1877
nit1882
to pull one's freight1884
fooster1892
to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892
smoke1893
mooch1899
to fly the coop1901
skyhoot1901
shemozzle1902
to light a shuck1905
to beat it1906
pooter1907
to take a run-out powder1909
blow1912
to buzz off1914
to hop it1914
skate1915
beetle1919
scram1928
amscray1931
boogie1940
skidoo1949
bug1950
do a flit1952
to do a scarper1958
to hit, split or take the breeze1959
to do a runner1980
to be (also get, go) ghost1986
1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 43 He must hook it before ‘day~light does appear’, and then scarper by the back door.
1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 48/1 When I was scarpering with my culling in the monkey.
1931 M. Allingham Look to Lady xxiv. 253 Round up this lot now and scarpa yourselves.
1933 ‘G. Ingram’ ‘Stir’ iii. 45 ‘I'll be punching you up the belly if you don't scarper,’ threatened Smith.
1954 M. Procter Hell is City ii. i. 44 Wi' my record I thought I'd better scarper before I got dragged into trouble.
1970 Private Eye 27 Feb. 16 Take this lolly and scarpa for lawd's sake.
1972 A. Draper Death Penalty v. 37 Ben..shouted, ‘Scapa. Everyone scapa.’
1974 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 21 July 16/4 His panic became unbearable. He jumped out of bed and scarpered!
1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon vii. 111 He's downstairs now with the others—and they're keeping a sharp eye on him; he won't have a chance to scarper again.
b. transitive. To depart or escape from (a place); usually in to scarper the letty, to leave one's lodgings without paying the rent (cf. letty n.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away from [verb (transitive)] > go away from suddenly or hurriedly
fleeOE
to give the bag to1582
fling1588
vamoose1847
jump1875
skip1884
to leave (a person) flat1902
blow1912
scarper1937
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 731/2 Scarper,..to decamp from... Scarper the letty, to leave one's lodgings without paying.
1957 J. Osborne Entertainer iii. 77 Jean: We can't all spend our time nailing our suitcases to the floor, and shin out of the window. Archie: Scarper the letty.
Derivatives
scarper n. in to do a scarper, to run away, ‘do a bunk’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily
fleec825
runOE
swervea1225
biwevec1275
skip1338
streekc1380
warpa1400
yerna1400
smoltc1400
stepc1460
to flee (one's) touch?1515
skirr1548
rubc1550
to make awaya1566
lope1575
scuddle1577
scoura1592
to take the start1600
to walk off1604
to break awaya1616
to make off1652
to fly off1667
scuttle1681
whew1684
scamper1687
whistle off1689
brush1699
to buy a brush1699
to take (its, etc.) wing1704
decamp1751
to take (a) French leave1751
morris1765
to rush off1794
to hop the twig1797
to run along1803
scoot1805
to take off1815
speela1818
to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821
to make (take) tracks (for)1824
absquatulize1829
mosey1829
absquatulate1830
put1834
streak1834
vamoose1834
to put out1835
cut1836
stump it1841
scratch1843
scarper1846
to vamoose the ranch1847
hook1851
shoo1851
slide1859
to cut and run1861
get1861
skedaddle1862
bolt1864
cheese it1866
to do a bunkc1870
to wake snakes1872
bunk1877
nit1882
to pull one's freight1884
fooster1892
to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892
smoke1893
mooch1899
to fly the coop1901
skyhoot1901
shemozzle1902
to light a shuck1905
to beat it1906
pooter1907
to take a run-out powder1909
blow1912
to buzz off1914
to hop it1914
skate1915
beetle1919
scram1928
amscray1931
boogie1940
skidoo1949
bug1950
do a flit1952
to do a scarper1958
to hit, split or take the breeze1959
to do a runner1980
to be (also get, go) ghost1986
1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights 63 We had all planned to do a scarper.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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