Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A Norway lobster, a langoustine (Nephrops norvegicus).

  2. A Norway lobster, a langoustine (Nephrops norvegicus).

    (UK, uncountable)The battered or breaded tails of this species, usually served with chips.

  3. (Australia, countable, especially, uncountable)Any member of a similar species of genus Nephrops or similar prawns.

More definitions
  • large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic

Examples

3 sentences

  1. I would like scampi and chips, please.

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  2. Too many restaurants serve bastardized scampi using prawns instead of real langoustines.

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  3. The shrimp scampi at Benedito's restaurant is garlicky and buttery.

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Origin

Borrowed from Italian scampi, plural of scampo (“prawn”).

Borrowed from Italian scampi, plural of scampo (“prawn”).

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Forms

plural: scampis / scampies / scampi

Word family

1 related words
Derivedshrimp scampi

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

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