scarper
/ˈskɑːpə
/verb [no object] British informal
Run away: they left the stuff where it was and scarpered...
- When the baby did arrive, the father scarpered for good.
- By grief he does not mean what grief father caused him by scarpering, but the grief Davis might cause turning up.
- When he warned her that he had called the police she soon scarpered.
Origin
Mid 19th century: probably from Italian scappare 'to escape', influenced by rhyming slang Scapa Flow 'go'.
This is probably from Italian scappare ‘to escape’, influenced by the rhyming slang Scapa Flow ‘go’.
Rhymes
- transcendently
- transcode
- transconductance
- transconjugant
- transcontinental
- transcontinentally
- transcortical
- transcribe
- transcriber
- transcript
- transcriptase
- transcription
- transcriptional
- transcriptionally
- transcriptionist
- transcriptive
- transcriptome
- transcriptomic
- transcriptomics
- transcultural
- transcutaneous
- transdermal
- transdermally
- transdifferentiate
- transdifferentiation