scamp

[US]/skæmp/

[UK]/skæmp/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. rascal; mischievous person
vt. to do something hastily or frugally
vi. to be stingy

little scamp

mischievous scamp

playful scamp

take a scamper through Dalian

A gang of scamps threatened us.

take a scamper through Mark Twain

A scamp put the arm on him last night when he was on his way home.

The first guard handed the parchment back with a shrug. "Inside and to the left. Don't be scamping about."

little scamp running around

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