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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024scamp /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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