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# scamp

«scamp» in Mova's school dictionary: **a naughty, cheeky child, or a playful rascal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (scamps); verb (scamp, scamps, scamped, scamping) (rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A scamp is a naughty, cheeky child, or a playful rascal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scamp/#m1)

2) (old use) «You scamp!» is a scolding said to a naughty boy or girl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scamp/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a scamp is a mischievous character who causes trouble, often in a way that makes the reader smile

### examples

- Mothers don't know anything, answered those scamps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scamp/#x1)
- Do not waste your pity on a scamp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scamp/#x2)
- "You scamp!" said his father, when he had heard what his son had done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scamp/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scamp» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scamp/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.