SCAMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scamp mean? 

• SCAMP (noun)
  The noun SCAMP has 1 sense:

1. one who is playfully mischievous

  Familiarity information: SCAMP used as a noun is very rare.

• SCAMP (verb)
  The verb SCAMP has 1 sense:

1. perform hastily and carelessly

  Familiarity information: SCAMP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCAMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One who is playfully mischievous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

imp; monkey; rapscallion; rascal; scalawag; scallywag; scamp

Hypernyms ("scamp" is a kind of...):

child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster (a young person of either sex)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scamp"):

brat; holy terror; little terror; terror (a very troublesome child)

• SCAMP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they scamp    ... he / she / it scamps   
Past simple: scamped   
Past participle: scamped   
-ing form: scamping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perform hastily and carelessly

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "scamp" is one way to...):

do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)

Domain category:

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

The doctor himself is gone dead again you—'ungrateful scamp' was what he said; and the short and the long of the whole story is about here: you can't go back to your own lot, for they won't have you; and without you start a third ship's company all by yourself, which might be lonely, you'll have to jine with Cap'n Silver.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)