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scamping

scamping is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about scamping

What is scamping the present participle and gerund of?
Scamping is the present participle and gerund of scamp.

Words near scamping in the dictionary

  1. scamperings
  2. scampers
  3. scamphood
  4. scampi
  5. scampies
  6. scamping
  7. scampingly
  8. scampis
  9. scampish
  10. scampishly
  11. scampishness

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