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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024scamp•er /ˈskæmpɚ/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- to run or go hastily:The dog scampered out of the room.
- to run playfully about;
caper:The children scampered in the yard.
n. [countable] - an act or instance of scampering.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scamp•er (skam′pər),USA pronunciation v.i. - to run or go hastily or quickly.
- to run playfully about, as a child.
n. - a scampering;
a quick run.
- obsolete scamp to go (see scamp) + -er6 1680–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: scamper /ˈskæmpə/ vb (intransitive)- to run about playfully
- (often followed by through) to hurry quickly through (a place, task, book, etc)
n - the act of scampering
Etymology: 17th Century: probably from scamp (vb); see scamp1 scamp /skæmp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- one who cheats another for his or her own profit.
- a young person who enjoys mild teasing of another.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scamp (skamp),USA pronunciation n. - an unscrupulous and often mischievous person;
rascal;
rogue;
scalawag. - a playful, mischievous, or naughty young person;
upstart. - Fisha grouper, Mycteroperca phenax, of Florida: so called from its habit of stealing bait.
v.t. - to do or perform in a hasty or careless manner:to scamp work.
- Old French escamper to decamp
- obsolete Dutch schampen to be gone
- obsolete scamp to travel about idly or for mischief, perh. 1775–85
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