Imp

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  • noun. A mischievous child.
  • noun. A small demon.
  • noun. A graft.
  • transitive verb. To graft (new feathers) onto the wing of a trained falcon or hawk to repair damage or increase flying capacity.
  • transitive verb. To furnish with wings.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A scion; shoot; graft; bud; slip.
  • noun. A son; offspring; progeny.
  • noun. A young or small devil.
  • noun. A mischievous or pert child.
  • noun. A spirit other than a devil.
  • noun. Something added or united to another thing to repair or lengthen it out; particularly, a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird. See imp, v. t., 2.
  • noun. The length of twisted hair in a fishing-line.
  • To graft.
  • To extend or enlarge by something inserted or added; extend or mend, as (in falconry) a broken or deficient wing by the insertion of a feather; qualify for flight or use; strengthen.
  • To rob.
  • noun. An abbreviation of the Latin Imperator, emperor;
  • noun. of Imperatrix, empress.
  • noun. An abbreviation of imperative;
  • noun. of imperfect (tense);
  • noun. of imperial;
  • noun. of impersonal;
  • noun. of the Latin imprimatur, let it be printed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To graft; to insert as a scion.
  • transitive verb. To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather.
  • noun. A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
  • noun. An offspring; progeny; child; scion.
  • noun. A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.
  • noun. Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To plant or engraft.
  • verb. To engraft feathers into a bird's wing.
  • verb. To eke out, strengthen, enlarge.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. one who is playfully mischievous
  • noun. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
  • Word Usage
    "Apparently, an "imp" is some form of measurement that can be counted in atoms; I'm surprised that there's enough room in these things to actually contain fluid."
    Form
    imped  imping  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blimp  blimp  chimp  crimp  limp  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blackguard  elf  genii  gnome  hussy  
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    verb-form
    imped  imping  imps