Word familyadjectivescampishadverbscampishlynounscampishnessscamperscampingscamp
Related topics: Children
scamp /skæmp/ noun [countableC] old-fashioned
SSCa child who has fun by tricking people 小淘气,调皮鬼
Examples from the Corpus
scamp• She had been a scamp in those days, he said, sighing with exaggerated wistfulness.• Actually, I wouldn't mind at all, because as far as I can make out Walter was an amiable scamp.• Why, it's Murdoch, the scamp!
Originscamp
(1700-1800)scamp“to wander around”((18-19 centuries)), perhaps from scamper