scamped; scamping; scamps
: to perform or deal with in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner
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Noun
those little scamps are always getting into trouble, but no one has the heart to punish them
an insincere and ruthlessly ambitious scamp who was willing to do anything to win the reality show's grand prize
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Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2025
There was a brief flurry of excitement this week when Coritiba, a club in the Brazilian second division, announced that Neymar would be signing for them, but that turned out to be the result of some mischievous scamps who hacked their website.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Elle Carroll, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
Sunshine scamps: The Florida Project is a delighful, poignant, dark-and-light movie about kids living on the seedy side of Disney.
—Rebecca Onion, Slate Magazine, 6 Oct. 2017
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Noun
For a browner crust, broil the scamp for 1-2 minutes before serving.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2025
There was a brief flurry of excitement this week when Coritiba, a club in the Brazilian second division, announced that Neymar would be signing for them, but that turned out to be the result of some mischievous scamps who hacked their website.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
While its individual characters feel largely interchangeable, the movie hums with life and pleasure when Borowczyk lets his nuns twirl around the chapel in a painterly tableau and scamp through the convent.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
Sunshine scamps: The Florida Project is a delighful, poignant, dark-and-light movie about kids living on the seedy side of Disney.
—Rebecca Onion, Slate Magazine, 6 Oct. 2017
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“Scamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scamp. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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