scamp
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.
Đồng nghĩa: swindler, rogue, agitator, bad boy, bad news, bear, beggar, 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, imp, 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, punk, rabble rouser, rakeshame, rantipole, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, roly-poly, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, shit disturber, shitmonger, shit-stirrer, tearaway, thug, titivil, tough, troublemaker, undesirable, vandal, wag, wagpastie, wrangler, yob, yobbo
- 2.
A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
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.
- 3.
(advertising) A preliminary design sketch.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(dated)To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.
1884, Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry His work was always first-rate. There was no scamping about it. Everything that he did was thoroughly good and honest.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle Dutch schampen (slip away), from Old French escamper (to run away, to make one's escape), from *excampāre. Compare escape.