(a.) To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially.
Example Sentences:
(1) SCAMP 33 is found in all secretory carrier membranes studied so far while SCAMP 35 is found in exocrine and certain endocrine granules and liver Golgi membranes and SCAMP31 only in exocrine granules.
(2) Lady Cockburn is a bountiful loving mother, her children playful scamps - and even Reynolds's pet macaw gets into the picture, introduced for balance, but adding just a hint of the exotic, and of empire.
(3) A high specific activity derivative of cyclic AMP was prepared by synthesizing succinyl cyclic AMP tyrosine methyl ester (SCAMP-TME) and iodinating the phenolic hydroxyl group of the tyrosine moiety with (125)I.
(4) The resulting radiolabeled 125-ScAMP-TME was subsequently purified by reverse phase chromatography on Seppak C18 cartridge and used as tracers.
(5) We know what you mean, but we couldn't find a red-haired freckled scamp on a piebald horse at short notice so you'll just have to pretend.
(6) At 12 he got his first TV role in Little House on the Prairie and then his big break came when he was cast as a naughty scamp in Silver Spoons.
(7) Purified ScAMP-125I-TME and ScGMP-125I-TME functioned in the respective radioimmunoassays for up to 12 weeks when suspended in a 1:1 (v:v) mixture of n-propanol and 20 mM sodium acetate, pH 6.0.
(8) This antibody binds secretory carrier membrane proteins with apparent Mr 31,000, 33,000 and 35,000 (designated SCAMPs 31, 33, 35).
(9) Using an isocratic buffer for HPLC, mono-ScAMP-125I-TME and mono-ScGMP-125I-TME were eluted from a C18 column at 8.9 and 6.9 min, respectively.
(10) Both the cell fractionation and immunocytochemical localization indicate that GRAMP 100 differs in distribution from GRAMP 92 and 30K SCAMPs, two other components of exocrine granule membranes identified with monoclonal antibodies.
(11) Thirteen-year-old Ryan Ward, a big-eyed scamp with his shoulders up to his ears, tells me earnestly that he only ever really gets in trouble for being late.
(12) The resulting radiolabeled cyclic nucleotide derivatives, ScAMP-125I-TME and ScGMP-125I-TME, were subsequently purified by reverse-phase chromatography on Sep-Pak C18 cartridges (Waters Associates, Milford, MA) and tested as tracers in sensitive radioimmunoassays for cAMP and cGMP, respectively.
(13) Free and antibody-bound (125)I-SCAMP-TME were separated by precipitation of the antibody-bound fraction with a second antibody (goat anti-rabbit gamma globulin).
(14) Interestingly, Jackie Gleason died on exactly the same day Messi was born, suggesting the little scamp is the reincarnation of the American actor.
(15) Carrier free 125I-labeled succinyl cyclic adenosine monophosphate (ScAMP) and succinyl cyclic guanosine monophosphate (ScGMP) tyrosine methyl esters (TME) were purified by reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) or descending paper chromatography.
(16) All had less than 0.005 per cent of the potency of cyclic AMP in inhibiting (125)I-SCAMP-TME binding.
(17) Immunocytochemical staining shows that these SCAMPs are highly concentrated in the apical cytoplasm of exocrine cells.
(18) 2'-O-succinyladenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate tyrosyl methyl ester (ScAMP-TME) and 2'-O-succinylguanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate tyrosyl methyl ester (ScGMP-TME) were radioiodinated using chloramine T and Na125I.
(19) Displacement of (125)I-SCAMP-TME by unlabeled cyclic AMP when plotted as a semilogarithmic function was linear over a concentration range of 2-100 picomoles.
(20) "Haven't had this confirmed this end yet..." 2.45pm BST "We apologise if anyone was offended by any of the gestures we saw there," says Sky's Man In The Studio after Sky's Man At Everton is assailed by cheeky scamps.
Skimp
Definition:
(v. t.) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
(v. t.) To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
(v. i.) To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly.
(a.) Scanty.
Example Sentences:
(1) And they’re hard on themselves.” McCaw said players often will pay for a top-quality coach, then try to skimp on a fitness trainer.
(2) We are under a lot of budget pressure at the moment but the community won’t thank us if we skimp unreasonably on national security,’’ Abbott said.
(3) He skimped studies to pursue drama and started his career with one line in the 1996 West End musical Martin Guerre .
(4) After all, my mother belongs to a generation of bright middle-class women who were only ever expected to work until a family came along, whose education was skimped and ambitions stifled – and who subsequently encouraged their daughters to believe the sky was the limit.
(5) But he and his fellow reformers aren't seeking to skimp on algebra, or calling for a bonfire of the works of the Chicago school.
(6) But you might have three years’ of tax documents on an eight-year-old laptop that won’t run a new operating system, or you might skimp on your tablet and end up with a model made by a small company that goes out of business and thus never fixes new security holes.
(7) The seven-storey store attracts more than 15m shoppers a year, and its new owners have not skimped on the investment required to keep them coming back.
(8) The Justice Department also accused the Texas of intentionally skimping on voter outreach after the law was passed.
(9) George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference skimped on proposals to reform finance – and a party whose two treasurers are a hedge-fund manager and a broker is unlikely to give the City too hard a time.
(10) Several investigations executed in recent years show that many school-children skimp increasingly on their school lunches the older they become.
(11) Popular books like these tend to generalize and skimp on the science, says Murray.
(12) Had Paterson listened, he would have been told that skimping on flood defences is deeply false economy even in austere times: ministers admit each scheme saves £8 in damage for every £1 spent.
(13) Murphy and Co aren’t trying to dole out the revelations or skimp on the secrets for some vague future date.
(14) Setting rules and controlling just about every aspect of its stores, so that the only thing that franchisees can skimp on is wages," he said after the ruling.
(15) Over a quarter of all adults skimped on meals so others in their households could eat.
(16) Asked whether the jury had skimped on reading the judge's 109 pages of instructions in order to reach their verdict so quickly, Hogan replied: "Before the closing arguments [by Apple and Samsung] the judge read to us the final instructions, instance by instance.
(17) Are government and local authorities skimping on quality of training and consultancy in favour of quantity of adoptions?
(18) the less one knows the more one is tempted to skimp and perform a minimal 'pilot' study.
(19) It is just that skimping on the pay of the people who keep hospitals working is the wrong way to do it.
(20) Developer Telltale Games' take on the zombie apocalypse has won widespread acclaim, and for good reason: it doesn't skimp on plot or characterisation, and will give you the shivers if played at night.