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scamped

scamped is the simple past and past participle of scamp.

Meaning of scamp

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.
    • His work was always first-rate. There was no scamping about it. Everything that he did was thoroughly good and honest.1884, Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry

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Words that rhyme with scamped

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Questions about scamped

What is scamped the simple past and past participle of?
Scamped is the simple past and past participle of scamp.

Words near scamped in the dictionary

  1. scamorza
  2. Scamozzian
  3. scamp
  4. scampavia
  5. scampavias
  6. scamped
  7. scamper
  8. scamper juice
  9. scampered
  10. scamperer
  11. scamperers

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