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scamper
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?skæmp?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?skæmp?/
- Rhymes: -æmp?(r)
Etymology 1
First attested in 1687. Origin uncertain, but possibly from Dutch schamperen, from Old French escamper, from Italian scampare (“to run away”).
Noun
scamper (plural scampers)
- A quick, light run.
Verb
scamper (third-person singular simple present scampers, present participle scampering, simple past and past participle scampered)
- (intransitive) To run quickly and lightly, especially in a playful or undignified manner.
- The dog scampered after the squirrel.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 1
- The younger and lighter members of his tribe scampered to the higher branches of the great trees to escape his wrath; risking their lives upon branches that scarce supported their weight rather than face old Kerchak in one of his fits of uncontrolled anger.
Synonyms
- scurry
- See also Thesaurus:walk
Translations
Etymology 2
scamp +? -er
Noun
scamper (plural scampers)
- One who skimps or does slipshod work.
- Synonym: skimper
Anagrams
- Campers, campers
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coast
English
Etymology
From Middle English coste, cooste (“rib", also "shore”), from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side, edge”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: k?st, IPA(key): /ko?st/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?st, IPA(key): /k??st/
- Rhymes: -??st
Noun
coast (plural coasts)
- The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.]
- The rocky coast of Maine has few beaches.
- (obsolete) The side or edge of something. [15th-18th c.]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Isaac Newton to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A region of land; a district or country. [14th-17th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale (translator), Bible, Matthew 2
- Then Herod perceavynge that he was moocked off the wyse men, was excedynge wroth, and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in bethleem, and in all the costes thereof […]
- P. Crescentius, in his lib. 1 de agric. cap. 5, is very copious in this subject, how a house should be wholesomely sited, in a good coast, good air, wind, etc.
- 1526, William Tyndale (translator), Bible, Matthew 2
- (obsolete) A region of the air or heavens. [14th-17th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III iii
- the learned Merlin, well could tell, / Vnder what coast of heauen the man did dwell […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III iii
Hypernyms
- (edge of land meeting an ocean, sea, gulf, or bay): shore, shoreline
Hyponyms
- (edge of land meeting an ocean, sea, gulf, or bay): oceanfront, seashore
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
coast (third-person singular simple present coasts, present participle coasting, simple past and past participle coasted)
- (intransitive) To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast.
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
- The Ancients coasted only in their Navigations.
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
- (intransitive) To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- (intransitive, obsolete) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To conduct along a coast or river bank.
- The Indians […] coasted me a long the river.
- (US, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.
Translations
Anagrams
- Ascot, Casto, Coats, Costa, Cotas, Sacto, Tosca, ascot, catso, coats, costa, octas, scato-, scoat, tacos
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