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    scarper
    /ˈskɑːpə/

    verb

    • 1. run away: informal British "they left the stuff where it was and scarpered"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSCARPER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    SCARPER definition: 1. to leave very quickly, often to avoid getting into trouble: 2. to leave very quickly, often to…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › scarperScarper Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Scarper is a British verb that means to flee, run away, or leave. Learn its synonyms, examples, etymology, and related words from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  4. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishscarper verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of scarper verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › scarperSCARPER Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Scarper definition: to flee or depart suddenly, especially without having paid one's bills.. See examples of SCARPER used in a sentence.

  6. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › scarperscarper - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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    Probably from Italian scappare (“to run away”), influenced by Cockney rhyming slang Scapa Flow = go. 1. In the chapter "Punch Talk" of 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, Vol 3, the author discusses the slang language used by travelling Italian Punch and Judy men and entertainers, which had English, Italian, Jewish and traveller ...

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    (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskɑː.pə/
    Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)

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    scarper (third-person singular simple present scarpers, present participle scarpering, simple past and past participle scarpered) 1. (British, slang) To run away; to flee; to escape. 1.1. 1904, John Coleman, Fifty years of an actors̓ life, volume 1, page 54: 1.1.1. Out went the lights, as he continued, "That sneak Whiskers have just blown the gaff ...

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  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSCARPER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    2 meanings: 1. to depart in haste 2. a hasty departure.... Click for more definitions.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › scarperScarper - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Definitions of scarper. verb. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scat, take to the woods, turn tail. see more.