scamp Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one who is playfully mischievous
    monkey; rascal; rapscallion; scallywag; imp; scalawag.
  2. verb perform hastily and carelessly

WordNet

Scamp noun
Etymology
OF. escamper to run away, to make one's escape. originally, one who runs away, a fugitive, a vagabond. See Scamper.
Definitions
  1. A rascal; a swindler; a rogue. De Quincey.
Scamp transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Scamp,n., or Scant, a., and Skimp.
Definitions
  1. To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially. Colloq.
    A workman is said to scamp his work when he does it in a superficial, dishonest manner. Wedgwood.
    Much of the scamping and dawdling complained of is that of men in establishments of good repute. T. Hughes.

Webster 1913