— scamper , n. — scampingly , adv. — scampish , adj. — scampishly , adv. — scampishness , n.
/skamp/ , n.
1. an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
2. a playful, mischievous, or naughty young person; upstart.
3. a grouper, Mycteroperca phenax, of Florida: so called from its habit of stealing bait.
v.t.
4. to do or perform in a hasty or careless manner: to scamp work.
[ 1775-85; obs. scamp to travel about idly or for mischief, perh. schampen to be gone escamper to DECAMP ]