scamp

Meanings

Noun

• A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.
• A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
• A preliminary design sketch.

Verb

• To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.

Origin

• 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.
• Perhaps related to scamp#Etymology_1, but influenced by the later attested skimp; however, compare Icelandic skamta, which is related to skammur.