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English

Alternative forms

• scampo

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scampi, plural of scampo (“prawn”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /?skæm.pi/

Noun

scampi (plural scampi)

1. A Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus).
2. (especially Australia) Any similar species of genus Nephrops or similar prawns.
3. plural of scampo

Further reading

• scampi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “scampi”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• scampi at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Noun

scampi m

1. plural of scampo

Verb

scampi

1. second-person singular present indicative of scampare
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of scampare
3. second-person singular present subjunctive of scampare
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of scampare
5. third-person singular imperative of scampare

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skæmp/, /skamp/
• Rhymes: -æmp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch schampen (“slip away”), from Old French escamper (“to run away, to make one's escape”), from Vulgar Latin *excampare (“decamp”), from Latin ex campo.

Noun

scamp (plural scamps)

1. A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.

   Synonyms: swindler, rogue; see also Thesaurus:troublemaker
2. A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.

Translations

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to sense 1, but influenced by the later attested skimp; however, compare Icelandic skamta (“to dole out, to stint”), which is related to skammur (“short”).

Verb

scamp (third-person singular simple present scamps, present participle scamping, simple past and past participle scamped)

1. (dated) To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.
   • 1884, Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry

     His work was always first-rate. There was no scamping about it. Everything that he did was thoroughly good and honest.

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

scamp (plural scamps)

1. (advertising) A preliminary design sketch.
   • 2007, Adrian Mackay, Practice of Advertising (page 124)

     It did not matter that the scamp (simple illustrative line-drawing) it contained could have been done in the pub the night before.

   • 2009, FCS: Advertising & Promotions L4 (page 25)

     From the scamps, the creative idea can be developed more fully into a proposal for an actual ad. This needs to be clear enough to present to the client.

Anagrams

• CAPMs, camps