scarper

English - Turkish

Definition of scarper in English Turkish dictionary

tüy

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{i} kavga kıyamet

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English - English

Definition of scarper in English English dictionary

To run away; to flee; to escape

Helm writes: 'As if she were some street criminal, ready to scarper, Ruth's home was swooped upon by Yates's men and she was forced to dress in the presence of a female police officer.

{f} leave in a hurry, escape without paying a debt (British Slang)

If someone scarpers, they leave a place quickly. He owed Vince money for drugs, so he scarpered. to run away (Probably from scappare )

shemozzle

Related Terms

scarpered

past of scarper

scarpering

present participle of scarper

scarpers

third-person singular of scarper

Hyphenation

scarp·er

Etymology

[ 'skär-p&r ] (intransitive verb.) circa 1846. In Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor (vol 3 1851) there is a chapter on "Punch Talk" (basically the slang language used by travelling Italian Punch and Judy men and entertainers). This slang contains English, Italian, Jewish and traveller roots. In Punch Talk, "To get away quickly" (e.g., from the police or authority) is spoken and written as "scarper". This comes from the Italian scappare, escappare (compare English escape). An alternative etymology traces the word "scarper" to the Cockney rhyming slang Scapa flow (“go”) (as in, e.g., "go away").

Tenses

scarpering, scarpered