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scamp
(encz) | scamp,uličník n: Zdeněk Brož |
Scamp
(gcide) | Scamp \Scamp\, v. t. [Cf. Scamp,n., or Scant, a., and
Skimp.]
To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do
superficially. [Colloq.]
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A workman is said to scamp his work when he does it in
a superficial, dishonest manner. --Wedgwood.
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Much of the scamping and dawdling complained of is that
of men in establishments of good repute. --T. Hughes.
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Scamp
(gcide) | Scamp \Scamp\ (sk[a^]mp), n. [OF. escamper to run away, to make
one's escape. Originally, one who runs away, a fugitive, a
vagabond. See Scamper.]
A rascal; a swindler; a rogue. --De Quincey.
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scamp
(wn) | scamp
n 1: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp, scamp,
monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag]
v 1: perform hastily and carelessly |
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scamper
(mass) | scamper
- behať |
scamp
(encz) | scamp,uličník n: Zdeněk Brož |
scamper
(encz) | scamper,běhat v: Zdeněk Brožscamper,pelášit v: Zdeněk Brožscamper,trysk Pavel Machek |
scampering
(encz) | scampering, |
scampi
(encz) | scampi,smažené krevety Zdeněk Brož |
scampo
(encz) | scampo, n: |
Discamp
(gcide) | Discamp \Dis*camp"\, v. t. [See Decamp.]
To drive from a camp. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Scampavia
(gcide) | Scampavia \Scam`pa*vi"a\, n. [It.]
A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians
in the early part of the nineteenth century.
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Scamper
(gcide) | Scamper \Scam"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scampered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Scampering.] [OF. escamper to escape, to save one's
self; L. ex from + campus the field (sc. of battle). See
Camp, and cf. Decamp, Scamp, n., Shamble, v. t.]
To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner;
to hasten away. --Macaulay.
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The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering
about the room after a mouse. --S. Sharpe.
[1913 Webster]Scamper \Scam"per\, n.
A scampering; a hasty flight.
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Scampered
(gcide) | Scamper \Scam"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scampered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Scampering.] [OF. escamper to escape, to save one's
self; L. ex from + campus the field (sc. of battle). See
Camp, and cf. Decamp, Scamp, n., Shamble, v. t.]
To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner;
to hasten away. --Macaulay.
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The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering
about the room after a mouse. --S. Sharpe.
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Scamperer
(gcide) | Scamperer \Scam"per*er\, n.
One who scampers. --Tyndell.
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Scampering
(gcide) | Scamper \Scam"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scampered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Scampering.] [OF. escamper to escape, to save one's
self; L. ex from + campus the field (sc. of battle). See
Camp, and cf. Decamp, Scamp, n., Shamble, v. t.]
To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner;
to hasten away. --Macaulay.
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The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering
about the room after a mouse. --S. Sharpe.
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Scampish
(gcide) | Scampish \Scamp"ish\, a.
Of or like a scamp; knavish; as, scampish conduct.
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scamp
(wn) | scamp
n 1: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp, scamp,
monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag]
v 1: perform hastily and carelessly |
scamper
(wn) | scamper
n 1: rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn:
scamper, scramble, scurry]
v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the
extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter,
scuttle] |
scampi
(wn) | scampi
n 1: large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic |
scampo
(wn) | scampo
n 1: caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster
[syn: Norwegian lobster, langoustine, scampo] |
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