'IMP' definitions:
Definition of 'imp'
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Definition of 'Imp'
From: GCIDE
- Imp \Imp\ ([i^]mp), n. [OE. imp a graft, AS. impa; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ymp, prob. fr. LL. impotus, Gr. ? engrafted, innate, fr. ? to implant; ? in + ? to produce; akin to E. be. See 1st In-, Be.]
- 1. A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An offspring; progeny; child; scion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The tender imp was weaned. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker. [1913 Webster]
- To mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps. --Beattie. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Imp'
From: GCIDE
- Imp \Imp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imped; p. pr. & vb. n. Imping.] [AS. impian to imp, ingraft, plant; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ympa, OHG. impf[=o]n, impit[=o]n, G. impfen. See Imp, n.]
- 1. To graft; to insert as a scion. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Falconry) To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, [Fig.]: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen; to equip. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Imp out our drooping country's broken wing. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- Here no frail Muse shall imp her crippled wing. --Holmes. [1913 Webster]
- Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage With all the scorpions that should whip this age. --Cleveland. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'imp'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appendage,
- Ariel,
- arm,
- bad boy,
- bad fairy,
- bad peri,
- banshee,
- Befind,
- booger,
- bough,
- branch,
- brat,
- brownie,
- buffoon,
- bugger,
- cluricaune,
- Corrigan,
- cutup,
- devil,
- deviling,
- devilkin,
- diablotin,
- Dingbelle,
- dwarf,
- elf,
- enfant terrible,
- erlking,
- fairy,
- fairy queen,
- fay,
- Fifinella,
- Finnbeara,
- funmaker,
- gamin,
- gnome,
- goblin,
- gremlin,
- hand,
- Hob,
- hob,
- hobgoblin,
- Hobgoblin,
- holy terror,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- JD,
- joint,
- joker,
- jokester,
- juvenile delinquent,
- knave,
- kobold,
- leg,
- leprechaun,
- limb,
- link,
- little devil,
- little monkey,
- little rascal,
- lobe,
- lobule,
- Mab,
- member,
- minx,
- mischief,
- mischief-maker,
- monkey,
- Oberon,
- offshoot,
- organ,
- ouphe,
- peri,
- pinion,
- pixie,
- poltergeist,
- pooka,
- practical joker,
- prankster,
- puca,
- puck,
- Puck,
- punk,
- punk kid,
- pwca,
- ramification,
- rapscallion,
- rascal,
- rogue,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- runner,
- scamp,
- scapegrace,
- scion,
- spoiled brat,
- spray,
- sprig,
- sprite,
- spur,
- switch,
- sylph,
- sylphid,
- tail,
- tendril,
- Titania,
- tokoloshe,
- troll,
- twig,
- urchin,
- wag,
- whippersnapper,
- wing,
- young devil
Acronyms for 'imp'
From: V.E.R.A.
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