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Definition: Scampi |
ScampiNoun1. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Scampi |
| Non-English Usage: "Scampi" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (scampi), Italian (scampi), Swedish (scampi). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Dio ce ne scampi e liberi (1989) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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| "Scampi" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 55.32% of the time. "Scampi" is used about 47 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) | 55.32% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Noun (plural) | 40.43% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.13% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.13% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 47 | N/A |
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 |
shrimp scampi | 594 |
scampi | 86 |
chicken scampi | 43 |
scampi recipe | 34 |
agriculture scampi | 20 |
receipe for shrimp scampi | 18 |
scampi sauce | 14 |
chicken garden olive scampi | 11 |
chicken garden olive recipe scampi | 9 |
you make shrimp scampi | 8 |
scallop scampi | 8 |
assessment scampi | 4 |
company list scampi | 4 |
shimp scampi | 4 |
scampi sauce recipe | 4 |
cook shrimp scampi | 3 |
importer scampi | 3 |
schrimp scampi | 3 |
breaded scampi | 3 |
30 scampi | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scampi"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Croatian | škampi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | jomfruhummer (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster), dybvandshummer (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Noorse kreeft (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster), langoustine (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster), langoestine (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster), langoeste (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster), kleine kreeft (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | keisarihummeri (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | langoustine, \NEP. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Scampi (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καραβίδα (crawfish, crayfish, Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster, prawn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scampo (Dublin Bay prawn, escape, langoustine, Norway lobster, scrimp, way out), scampi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | スカッシング関数 (scalar, scallop, scalp treatment, scandium, Scaramouche, scatology, scholarship, scull, sculpture, skiing, skunk, squashing function). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | スカン" . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ampiscay lagostim (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster). (various references) скампи, креветки с чесночным соусом. (various references) maganto (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster), gambas rebozadas, escamarlanc (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster), escamarl nc (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster), cigala (crayfish, Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster). (various references) scampi, kejsarhummer (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, Norway lobster), havskräfta (Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, norway lobster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Nephrops norvegicus, Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus). (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scampi": scampies, scamping, scampish. (additional references) | |
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"Scampi" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: campi, Sampe, scampe, scampish, scampoo, scampus, scampy, Scanbrit, Scappa, Scupi, Shamji, skamp, svamp. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-m-p-s" | |
-1 letter: aspic, campi, camps, micas, picas, pimas, scamp, spica. | |
-2 letters: aims, amis, amps, asci, camp, cams, caps, imps, macs, maps, mica, pacs, pams, pias, pica, pics, pima, samp, scam, sima, simp, spam, spic. | |
-3 letters: aim, ais, ami, amp, asp, cam, cap, cis, imp, ism, mac, map, mas, mis, pac, pam, pas, pia, pic, pis, psi, sac, sap, sic, sim, sip, spa. | |
-4 letters: ai, am, as, is, ma, mi, pa, pi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-m-p-s" | |
+1 letter: impacts, plasmic, psalmic. | |
+2 letters: apomicts, campiest, campings, campions, campsite, capsicum, crampits, escapism, midspace, mispatch, misplace, misspace, oilcamps, pacifism, panicums, parecism, pemicans, sapremic, scampies, scamping, scampish. | |
+3 letters: campaigns, campesino, campfires, camphines, camphires, campiness, campsites, campusing, capsicums, champions, companies, complains, copremias, eclampsia, escapisms, impacters, impactors, impeaches, manciples, midspaces, minicamps, misplaced, misplaces, misspaced, misspaces, pacifisms, pandemics, parecisms, pemmicans, piclorams, picograms, plasmatic, primacies, prismatic, proclaims, simpatico, simplicia, spasmodic, spermatic, sympatric. | |
+4 letters: accomplish, aposematic, asymptotic, axoplasmic, campaniles, campesinos, capitalism, champaigns, companions, comparison, compassing, compassion, complaints, eclampsias, graphemics, impactions, impedances, implicates, imprecates, lymphatics, manuscript, megascopic, megasporic, metaphysic, miscaption, mispackage, mispatched, mispatches, misplacing, misspacing, municipals, pacificism, paramedics, peacetimes, phallicism, phantasmic, pharmacies, pharmacist, pictograms, postatomic, postimpact, practicums, pragmatics, rampancies, scampering, septicemia, simplicial, specialism, spermaceti. | |
+5 letters: accompanies, accompanist, accomplices, amphibrachs, amphimacers, ampicillins, atmospheric, callithumps, campaigners, campinesses, capitalisms, champerties, champignons, chimpanzees, cochampions, compactions, comparatist, comparisons, compassions, compatibles, compatriots, complainers, complaisant, compliances, complicates, comradeship, corporatism, cytoplasmic, diplomacies, dipsomaniac, ectoplasmic, emancipates, endoplasmic, esemplastic, hippocampus, homoplastic, impatiences, importances, impuissance, intercampus, macroscopic, manuscripts, masterpiece, mesopelagic, metaphysics, metaplastic, micrographs, microphages, miscaptions, mispackaged, mispackages, mispatching, morphactins, multicampus, multiphasic, mycophagies, mycophagist, pacemakings, pacificisms, pancratiums, parameciums, patronymics, phallicisms, pharmacists, photomosaic, physicalism, plasmolytic, procambiums, proclaimers, pyromancies, pyromaniacs, rifampicins, scopolamine, scyphistoma, septicemias, spasmolytic, specialisms, spermacetis, spermicidal, supremacies, supremacist, sympathetic, symposiarch, symptomatic, toxoplasmic. | |
| 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 6D 70 69 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .- -- .--. .. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01100001 01101101 01110000 01101001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c a m p i |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0061 006D 0070 0069 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536967798275 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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