Found 2 items, similar to scarper.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: scarper scarper v : flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; “If you see this man, run!”; “The burglars escaped before the police showed up” [syn: run, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it , bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away]
English → English (gcide) Definition: scarp Escarp \Es*carp"\, n. [F. escarpe (cf. Sp. escarpa, It. scarpa), fr. escarper to cut steep, cut to a slope, prob. of German origin: cf. G. scharf sharp,, E. sharp, or perh. scrape.] (Fort.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp. [1913 Webster]