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Verb: scarper  skaa(r)-pu(r)
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
    "If you see this man, scarper!";
    - scat [informal], run, turn tail [informal], lam [N. Amer, informal], run away, hightail it [N. Amer, informal], bunk [informal], head for the hills [informal], take to the woods [informal], escape, fly the coop [informal], break away, leg it [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: scarpering, scarpered, scarpers

Type of: go away, go forth, leave, off [informal]

Nearest

scarlet runner
scarlet runner bean
scarlet strawberry
scarlet sumac
scarlet tanager
scarlet wisteria tree
scarlet woman
scarlet-crimson
scarlet-pink
scarp
scarper
scarred
Scartella
Scartella cristata
scary
scat
scat singing
scathe
scathing
scathingly
scatological