Scarper (verb)
ska-per
(informal British) Run away.
Mid 19th century probably from Italian scappare ‘to escape’, influenced by rhyming slang Scapa Flow ‘go’.
Example sentences
“I really think we should just scarper.”
ska-per
(informal British) Run away.
Mid 19th century probably from Italian scappare ‘to escape’, influenced by rhyming slang Scapa Flow ‘go’.
“I really think we should just scarper.”