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Definition: Scarper |
ScarperVerb1. Escape or flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: ScarperSynonyms: break away (v), bunk (v), lam (v), run (v), run away (v), turn tail (v). (additional references) |
| "Scarper" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Scarper" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
botchit scarper | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scarper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | офейквам (abscond, bunk, cut, cut away, cut one's lucky, decamp, give leg-bail, hop off, leg it, make off, nip off, run off, scamper, scoot, scuttle off, skedaddle, skip, sling one's hook, slope, take to one's heel, vamoose), избягвам (abscond, break loose, break out, circumnavigate, dodge, elope, elude, escape, evade, gallop away, get away, get off, get out, go off, make a break for it, mizzle, obviate, prevent, run, run away, run off, scuttle away, shrink away, shun, skirt around, skitter, take flight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | verduften (beat it, bunk, lose its aroma, lose its scent, lose its smell, vamoose), abhauen (bugger off, bunk, chop off, clear out, hew off, piss off, push off, scoot, scram, skip off, slash, to scoot, to scram, vamoose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | darsela a gambe (beat it). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arperscay сматываться (mosey, zoom off). (various references) sjappa (bolt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scarper": scarpered, scarpering, scarpers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: carpers, scraper. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-p-r-r-s" | |
-1 letter: capers, carers, carper, crapes, escarp, pacers, parers, parsec, parser, racers, rapers, rasper, recaps, scarer, scrape, secpar, spacer, sparer. | |
-2 letters: acres, apers, apres, asper, caper, capes, carer, cares, carps, carrs, carse, crape, craps, escar, pacer, paces, parer, pares, parrs, parse, pears, prase, presa, racer, races, raper, rapes, rares, raser, reaps, rears, recap, scape, scare, scarp, scrap, serac, space, spare, spear. | |
-3 letters: aces, acre, aper, apes, apse, arcs, ares, arse, cape, caps, care, carp, carr, cars, case, ceps, crap, ears, eras, errs, pace, pacs, pare, parr, pars, pase, pear, peas, pecs, race, rape, raps, rare, rase, rasp, reap, rear, recs, reps, scar, sear, sera, spae, spar, spec. | |
-4 letters: ace, ape, arc, are, ars, asp, cap, car, cep, ear, era, err, ers, pac, par, pas, pea, pec, per, pes, rap, ras, rec, rep, res, sac, sae, sap, sea, sec, ser, spa. | |
-5 letters: ae, ar, as, er, es, pa, pe, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-p-r-r-s" | |
+1 letter: caperers, crappers, perisarc, prancers, precrash, scarpers, scrapers, scrapper, supercar. | |
+2 letters: capturers, comparers, parceners, pericarps, perisarcs, preachers, preclears, precrease, prefacers, purchaser, recarpets, replacers, scarpered, scrappers, scrappier, sharecrop, supercars, superrace. | |
+3 letters: archpriest, carpenters, carpoolers, carpospore, cartoppers, copartners, crispbread, cupbearers, curlpapers, operculars, paregorics, parricides, parritches, practicers, precarious, precreased, precreases, procreates, purchasers, radarscope, ragpickers, recaptures, reproaches, repurchase, retropacks, scarpering, sharecrops, skyscraper, supercargo, superraces. | |
+4 letters: acupressure, archesporia, archpriests, arthroscope, baroceptors, cardplayers, cardsharper, carpentries, carpophores, carpospores, chairperson, chrysoprase, compradores, cooperators, coparceners, copyreaders, crapshooter, crepuscular, crispbreads, parcenaries, percolators, precreasing, prepurchase, procaryotes, procedurals, proclaimers, procreators, procrustean, prothoraces, radarscopes, reciprocals, recuperates, repackagers, replicators, reproachers, reprobances, repurchased, repurchases, ropedancers, skyscrapers, spectrogram, supercargos, supercharge, tetrasporic, transpierce, triceratops. | |
+5 letters: acupressures, anchorperson, appreciators, archesporial, archesporium, arthroscopes, cameraperson, cardsharpers, caterpillars, chairpersons, chiropterans, choreographs, chrysoprases, cosmographer, counterparts, craftsperson, crapshooters, cryptomerias, depreciators, dimercaprols, dipterocarps, discographer, hypercharges, hypersurface, incorporates, macropterous, microamperes, patriarchies, perchlorates, performances, pericarditis, periphrastic, perseverance, postfracture, precancerous, precariously, predischarge, prepurchased, prepurchases, prevaricates, procreations, provocateurs, reciprocates, repurchasing, scenographer, sharecropped, sharecropper, spectrograms, spectrograph, sportscaster, supercargoes, supercarrier, supercharged, supercharger, supercharges, superciliary, superorganic, transparence, transparency, transpierced, transpierces, ultraprecise. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 61 72 70 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .- .-. .--. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01100001 01110010 01110000 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c a r p e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0061 0072 0070 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53696784827184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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