SCARPER


Meaning of SCARPER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈskär-pər ]

intransitive verb

Etymology: probably ultimately from Italian scappare, from Vulgar Latin * excappare — more at escape

Date: circa 1846

British : flee , run away ; broadly : leave , depart

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.