Wondering how to use Scamp in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as imp or tiddler.
Scamp in a sentence
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Scamp meaning
- A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.
- A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
Synonyms of Scamp
Using Scamp
- The main meaning on this page is: A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well. | A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
- Useful related words include: imp, tiddler, small fry, nipper.
- In the example corpus, scamp often appears in combinations such as: scamp and, scamp goes, and scamp.
Context around Scamp
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scamp
- In this selection, "scamp" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lovable, bimbo, school, goes, dude and hansel stand out and add context to how "scamp" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1952 and scamp and bimbo and a lovable scamp who is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scamp" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scamp
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mark Scamp is wanted by police. (6 words)
He was the lovable scamp of British tennis, as roguish as Kyle Edmund is squeaky clean. (16 words)
Unfortunately, that little scamp Hansel doesn’t know that, and in he goes – and then something scary happens. (18 words)
Following SCAMP, the IBM Boca Raton Laboratory created several single-user computer design concepts to support Lowe's ongoing effort to convince IBM there was a strategic opportunity in the personal computer business. (33 words)
Even if that’s your cousin… Admit that your cousin is a scamp in cahoots with the other scamps in charge at the time and didn’t do nothing for the money. (32 words)
Duo Bill Scamp, 51, and John McDonagh, 27, used vehicles with cloned number plates to travel around the county and breaking into people's work vans during a nine month crime spree. (32 words)
Example sentences (14)
Scamp Goes on Holiday (1952) and Scamp and Bimbo, Scamp at School, Scamp and Caroline and Scamp Goes to the Zoo (1954) were illustrated by Pierre Probst.
Even if that’s your cousin… Admit that your cousin is a scamp in cahoots with the other scamps in charge at the time and didn’t do nothing for the money.
He added that Scamp had previous convictions and at the time of the most recent offence was in breach of a suspended prison sentence.
Duo Bill Scamp, 51, and John McDonagh, 27, used vehicles with cloned number plates to travel around the county and breaking into people's work vans during a nine month crime spree.
Gardner Minshew is a lovable scamp who is probably a better quarterback than Nick Foles at this point in their careers.
Mark Scamp is wanted by police.
Scamp & Dude was created by PR guru, Jo Tutchener-Sharp, who was inspired to start the brand while she was away from her children undergoing life threatening brain surgery.
Unfortunately, that little scamp Hansel doesn’t know that, and in he goes – and then something scary happens.
He has been Scotland’s favourite comic-strip scamp for more than 80 years - and now he is set to get his own musical.
She remembered him but recalled better his younger brother, my Uncle Mac, who was something of a scamp.
He was the lovable scamp of British tennis, as roguish as Kyle Edmund is squeaky clean.
Once nominated, the showperson can “chicken out” if they really don’t want to enter the ring holding a rooster or leading a lamb, by making a $25 donation to SCAMP.
Scamp has been neutered and is up to date on his rabies and distemper vaccinations and cleared of any parasites.
Following SCAMP, the IBM Boca Raton Laboratory created several single-user computer design concepts to support Lowe's ongoing effort to convince IBM there was a strategic opportunity in the personal computer business.
Common combinations with scamp
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: