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Synonyms for imp
Synonyms: Noun
devil, hellion, mischief, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scamp, urchin
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Examples of imp in a Sentence
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scooped up the little imp and took him to bed a story about a crumbling mansion infested with a brood of impsRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Shakespeare set the play in Athens, where young lovers and bad actors find themselves in an enchanted forest where they are pranked by gods and imps. — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, "Breakdancing Shakespeare creates a hip-hop ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at Hartford Stage," 22 July 2019 The four imps that are quickest to crawl the three inches from the birth canal to the pouch survive. — Brian Handwerk, National Geographic, "'Bad moms' of the animal kingdom are only trying to survive," 10 May 2019 These carnivorous marsupials give birth to dozens of tiny, hairless imps—up to 50 at time—but only offer four teats in their pouches. — Brian Handwerk, National Geographic, "'Bad moms' of the animal kingdom are only trying to survive," 10 May 2019 Maxwell's hypothetical imp would perch atop the dividing wall and open and close the shutter at will. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Penn State scientists build quantum version of Maxwell’s demon," 12 Sep. 2018 The imp accomplished this by making heat flow from a cold compartment to a hot one in apparent violation of the second law. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Penn State scientists build quantum version of Maxwell’s demon," 12 Sep. 2018 In addition to elves and dwarves and imps there are also trolls and munchkins and leprechauns and a million other short-statured mystical characters. — John Jurgensen, WSJ, "From ‘The Simpsons’ to ‘Disenchantment’," 11 Aug. 2018 Expect plenty of imps, ogres, and trolls and the series rolls on. — Nick Vadala, Philly.com, "Matt Groening's 'Disenchantment,' featuring Wayne's Abbi Jacobson, premieres on Netflix this summer," 23 May 2018 The Dada imp’s word games and visual pranks were busily bumping off Picasso as the primary influence on the ’60s American avant-garde. — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, "Tony DeLap's hybrids of painting and sculpture are impossible objects," 16 Mar. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Imping, her father had called this sort of frenzied picking. — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, "Herman Melville, Volume I," 27 Mar. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'imp.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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