<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.</li><li>A playful, mischievous, or naughty young person; upstart.</li><li>A grouper, Mycteroperca phenax, of Florida: so called from its habit of stealing bait.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To do or perform in a hasty or careless manner: to scamp work.</li></ul>