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Definitions for Scamp

[1] an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
[2] a playful, mischievous, or naughty young person; upstart.
[3] a grouper, Mycteroperca phenax, of Florida: so called from its habit of stealing bait.
[4] to do or perform in a hasty or careless manner: to scamp work.
[5] an idle mischievous person; rascal
[6] a mischievous child
[7] a less common word for skimp

Words related to Scamp

liar, cheat, ruffian, villain, troublemaker, delinquent, mischief-maker, scoundrel, reprobate, hooligan, sneak, rogue, scalawag, shyster, fraud, trickster, rowdy, swindler, cheater, prankster

Words nearby Scamp

scamander, scambaiting, scamillus, scammer, scammony, scamp, scamper, scampi, scamster, scamto, scan

Origin of Scamp

1775–85; obsolete scamp to travel about idly or for mischief, perhaps < obsolete Dutch schampen to be gone < Old French escamper to decamp

Other words from Scamp

scamp·er , noun
scamp·ing·ly , adverb
scamp·ish , adjective
scamp·ish·ly , adverb
scamp·ish·ness , noun
un·scamped , adjective

Word origin for Scamp

C18: from scamp (vb) to be a highway robber, probably from Middle Dutch schampen to decamp, from Old French escamper, from es- ex- 1 + -camper, from Latin campus field

Synonyms for Scamp

cheat, cheater, delinquent, fraud, hooligan, liar, mischief-maker, prankster, rapscallion, reprobate, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scallywag, scoundrel, shyster, sneak, swindler, trickster, troublemaker, villain, whippersnapper