scamp

Plural: scamps

Noun

• one who is playfully mischievous
• A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.
• A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
• A preliminary design sketch.

Verb

Verb Forms: scamped, scamping, scamps

• To perform a task hastily or carelessly, often neglecting details.
• perform hastily and carelessly
• To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.

Examples

• He would SCAMP his early Words With Friends moves, hoping to save time for later strategy.
• My nephew is a little scamp who likes to leave lighted firecrackers under the lawnchairs of his dozing elders.
• While walking home from the bar, he was set upon by a bunch of scamps who stole his hat.

Synonyms

imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, agitator, bad boy, bad news, bear, bhoy, blackguard, booger, boot boy, bovver boy, brat, brawler, breedbate, buffoon, bugger, bully, charva, cutup, devil, elf, enfant terrible, firebrand, gadfly, hell-raiser, hood, hoodlum, hool, hoolie, hooligan, hothead, inciter, initiator, instigator, jackanapes, joker, jokester, kindle-coal, kindle-fire, knave, lout, makebate, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, pixie, pot stirrer, practical joker, prankster, puck, rabble rouser, rakeshame, rantipole, rogue, roly-poly, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, shit disturber, shit-stirrer, shitmonger, swindler, tearaway, thug, titivil, tough, troublemaker, undesirable, vandal, wag, wagpastie, wrangler, yob, yobbo

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