scamp

skæmp

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of scamp - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

mischievous personperson who behaves mischievously or irresponsibly

The little scamp hid his sister's toys just for fun..

rascal

rogue

childrenmischievous child often liked despite naughtiness

The little scamp hid my shoes again.

imp

rascal

rogue

advertising

TECH.

preliminary design sketch in advertising

TECH.

The team reviewed the scamp before finalizing the ad.

rough

sketch

Verb

slipshod work

Rare

do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion

Rare

She scamped the report, missing key details.

botch

skimp

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preliminary design sketch in advertising

Origin of scamp

Dutch, schampen (to run away)

Examples of scamp in a sentence

Everyone knew him as the neighborhood scamp.
That scamp always finds a way to make us laugh.
Everyone loves the scamp despite his endless pranks.
The designer presented a scamp to illustrate the concept.
They sketched a scamp to visualize the campaign's theme.
He scamped the painting, leaving it unfinished.

They scamped the construction, ignoring safety standards.

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French:coquin, bâcler, ...
German:Lausbub, schlampen, ...
Italian:birichino, trascurare, ...
Spanish:pícaro, chapucear, ...
Portuguese:malandro, negligenciar, ...
Chinese:顽皮鬼, 马虎地做, ...
Japanese:いたずらっ子, いい加減に仕上げる, ...
Arabic:مَشَاغِب, أهمل العمل, ...
Hebrew:פַּרְחַח, לְחַפֵּף, ...
Russian:проказник, халтурить, ...
Ukrainian:шибеник, зробити недбало, ...
Hindi:शरारती बच्चा, लापरवाही से करना, ...
Bengali:দুষ্টু ছেলে, অসাবধানীভাবে করা, ...
Catalan:trapella, fer de qualsevol manera, ...
Czech:rošťák, odfláknout, ...
Danish:bølle, sjuske, ...
Dutch:deugniet, afraffelen, ...
Greek:σκανταλιάρης, κάνω πρόχειρα, ...
Hungarian:csibész, elsumákolni, ...
Khmer:ក្មេងរពិស, ធ្វើការងារយ៉ាងធ្វេសប្រហែស, ...
Korean:장난꾸러기, 엉성하게 하다, ...
Persian:شیطان, سرسری نوشت, ...
Polish:urwis, spartaczyć, ...
Portuguese (BR):malandro, negligenciar, ...
Romanian:năzdrăvan, a neglija, ...
Swedish:busunge, slarva, ...
Thai:เด็กซน, ทำแบบลวกๆ, ...
Turkish:yaramaz, özensizce yapmak, ...
Vietnamese:nhóc tinh nghịch, làm qua loa, ...

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