scarper

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb Chiefly in scarper the letty: to depart quickly or run away from (a place); to flee.
2. verb To depart quickly; to escape, to flee, to run away.
3. noun Chiefly in do a scarper: an act of departing quickly or running away; an escape, a flight.

Similar words

run away turn tail break away run lam bunk scamper scoot scut step it

Often followed by

off with

Word family

scarpered scarpering scarpers