scamping

present participle of scamp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scamping
Verb
  • When Souleymane rehearses his account, in an early scene, Barry admonishes him for blandly reciting (and often bungling) the false facts he’s been given.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The kicking unit had a snafu on its first attempt of the game, with holder Dylan Joyce botching the snap from long snapper Adam Booker in the first quarter.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
  • So, instead of botching basic clock management over and over again as Jerod Mayo did last year, when the Pats finished 3-6 in one-score games, expect those situations and records to flip.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Boise State played an uneven first half in Tampa, fumbling twice and committing a huge penalty that gave life to a South Florida touchdown drive.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Facial recognition can help reduce wait times, eliminate the hassle of fumbling with documents and free up staff to focus on higher-value service.
    Jeff Kim, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • With no special-case engineering and new data, Helix can recover gracefully from mishandling or collisions.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • An infatuation with war is not the same as being guilty of mishandling classified information.
    Isaac Saul, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Scamping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scamping. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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