Imp

Definitions: Imp

Imp

Noun

1. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous.

2. One who is playfully mischievous.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "imp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Computing

Literature

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Synonyms: Imp

Demon

Vampire, ghoul; afreet, barghest, Loki; ogre, ogress; gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev, lamia; bogie, bogeyman, bogle; nis, kobold, flibbertigibbet, fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin; Puck, Robin Goodfellow; leprechaun, Cluricaune, troll, dwerger, sprite, ouphe, bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon, will-o'-the wisp.

Crosswords: Imp

There, I was visited by a bizarre, strange imp of a man. (AlfTales; writing credit: Bradley Kesden; Mitchell Kriegman)

It's the most imp important meal. (Heavy; writing credit: James Mangold)

Well, I'm Imp the Dimp, the ladies' pimp, ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang)

The Imp (1919)

Pluto and the Imp (1900)

The Imp of the Perverse (1975)

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References

• IMP, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Canadian Mennonite Cookbook: With Recipes in Metric and Imp (reference)

• Imp of the Perverse (reference)

• IMP, INC.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

• The Bottle Imp (reference)

• The Imp That Ate My Homework (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Imp (reference)

• X Imp (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Feindel, Dentiste... / A. Willette Imp. F. Appel.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Fichtre! monsieur, vous voulez donc inonder ma maison? - Mon cher propriétaire,... / Benjamin. Chez Aubert gal. véro-dodat. Imp. d'Aubert et Cie.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Bousquet] / LaFosse. Pierson photog. Imp. Lemercier & Cie., Paris.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Dr. J. Büttner / Imp. Lith. de Villian.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Apollinaire Bouchardat] / LaFosse. Pierson, photog. Imp. Lemercier & Cie, Paris.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Jean Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné Boussingault] / Schultz fecit. Pierre Petit photog. Imp. Lemercier & Cie., Paris.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Lallemand / Maurir: d'après nature. Imp. par Auguste Bry. Rosselin, éditeur, Paris.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Lalanne] / Bornemann fecit. Pierson photog. Imp. Lemercier & Cie., Paris.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Radium / Imp (pseud.).Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Gerdy. / Maurir. A. Bry imp. par Rosselin.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

An imp of evil, emblem and product of sin, she had no right among christened infants.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "imp": bottle imp ♦ Cyclic IMP ♦ IMP Dehydrogenase. Additional references.

Beginning with "imp": imp-like, Imp-pole.

Ending with "imp": picture-imp.

Albanian

hajvan (animal, beast, donkey, dope, idiot, jackass, jay, moron, mutt, noodle), dreq (daemon, demon, Deuce, devil, Dickens, fiend, heck, heller, hellion, Satan), djall (archenemy, archfiend, Beelzebub, Belial, daemon, demon, devil, fiend, Lucifer, old nick, old scratch, Satan). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ولد صغير (lad, sonny, tike, urchin), ‏عفريت صغير, ‏عفريت (demon, evil genius, evil spirit, genius, gnome, goblin, pixy, puck, rascal, rogue, tinker), ‏أزعر (yob). (various references)

Bulgarian 

немирник (romp, turk), пакостник (mischievous, monkey, naughty, rascal, rogue, sod, varmint), дяволче (hob, hobgoblin). (various references)

Czech

skřítek (elf, elves, gnome, Goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, manikin, pixie, pixy, pygmy, sprite), nezbeda (horror), èertovo kvítko (holy terror, little devil), šotek (brownie, gremlin, hobgoblin, puck). (various references)

Dutch

kobold (goblin), kabouter (goblin), aardmannetje (brownie, gnome, goblin). (various references)

Esperanto

koboldo (goblin). (various references)

Faeroese

vættur (goblin), trøll (goblin). (various references)

Farsi 

پیوندزدن (Cross, Crossbreed, Graft, Join), مسخره کردن (Jape, Kid, Quiz, Satirize), مجهزکردن (Dight, Equip, Furnish, Prepare), مردجوان (Chicken), وصله (Inset, Patch, Splotch, Vamp), غرس کردن , تکه دادن , تعمیرکردن (Mend, Patch, Refashion, Refit, Rehash, Remodel, Renovate, Repair, Restore, Tinker, Vamp), جنی (Goblin, Hobgoblin, Jinn(Ni)), افزودن (Add, Adjoin, Aggrandize, Amplify, Append, Augment, Eke, Enhance, Increase, Inset, Redouble), ازاردادن (Dun, Excruciate, Nag, Tantalize, Trouble), بچه شریروشیطان . (various references)

Finnish

tonttu (brownie, goblin). (various references)

French

lutin (impish). (various references)

German

Kobold (bogey, elf, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, leprechaun, pixie, pixy, puck, sprite). (various references)

Greek 

διαβολάκι (elfin), δαιμόνιο (daemon, demon, elf, hob, puck). (various references)

Hebrew 

שובב (boisterous, enfant terrible, mischievous, naughty, pawky, rascal), ש�"ון (elf, gnome, leprechaun, sprite). (various references)

Hungarian

uralkodó (dominant, domineering, governing, hegemonic, majesty, monarch, pervading, potentate, predominant, preponderant, prepotent, presence, prevailing, prevalent, queen consort, rampant, regnant, ruler, ruling, sceptered, sceptred, sovereign), manó (boggle, bogy, brownie, elf, elfin, elves, flibbertigibbet, gnome, goblin, hobgoblin, leprechaun, pigmy, pixie, pixy, pygmy, sprite, troll), kölyök (brat, calf, cub, kid, kiddie, kiddy, mere slip of a boy, pickaninny, urchin, whelp). (various references)

Indonesian

setan (demon, devil, fiend, satan), hantu (apparition, fiend, genie, ghost, goblin). (various references)

Italian

marza (cion, graft, scion), folletto (bogy, elf, elfin, Goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, pixie, pixy, sprite), diavoletto (curler). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

邪鬼 (devil, evil spirit). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

じゃき (devil, evil spirit, maliciousness, noxious gas). (various references)

Manx

jouylleen (villain), imshee (damnable; elf, damned, devilish, diabolical), flaiee (fiend). (various references)

Norwegian

skøyer, djevelunge. (various references)

Pig Latin

impay.(various references)

Portuguese

imutável (changeless, deep-seated, immovable, individual, settled, unalterable, unconvertible), duende (Bogle, elf, elfin, hob, hobgoblin, leprechaun, pixie, pixy, spirit, sprite), diabinho (hellion), criança levada. (various references)

Romanian

drac (dare devil, demon, devil), drãcuşor (Goblin, hobgoblin, mischief), diavol (bogy, demon, devil, dragon, fiend, ghostly enemy, limb, old scratch, pickle, the evil one, the old serpent), demon (demon, devil, fiend, mischievous spirit, spirit), copil (babe, baby, bairn, bantling, boy, brat, child, chip, descendant, infant, kid, offspring, papoose, peter pan, son, urchin). (various references)

Russian 

чертенок (gremlin, little devil, young devil), шалун (naughty child, naughty kid, pickle, skylarker, varmint, varmint for people), побег (bine, escapade, escape, getaway, jailbreak, offset, offshoot, scion, shoot, slip, sprig, sprout, tiller). (various references)

Scottish

glaistig (water imp). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

izdanak (burgeon, off shoot, offshoot, offspring, outgrowth, scion, shoot), vragolan (monkey, niggler, wag), ugursuz (rowdy), nastavak (extension, follow up, installment, instalment, sequel, suffix), mladica (offset, offspring, shoot, spear, sprout), đavolak. (various references)

Spanish

diablillo (demon, monkey, pickle). (various references)

Swedish

satunge (brat). (various references)

Thai

เ�"็กซุกซน, ซ่อมแซมขนปีกให้นกอินทรีหรือเหยี่ยว, � ูตน้อย. (various references)

Turkish

yaramaz oğlan, küçük şeytan, afacan (guttersnipe, impish, little monster, little perisher, mischievous, naughty, pickle, puckish, rascal, scamp, urchin). (various references)

Turkmen 

haramzada (rascal). (various references)

Ukranian 

чортеня, пустун (hellion, monkey, puck, rogue, urchin, wag), пагін (offset, sapling, wand). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tiểu yêu. (various references)

Welsh

pegor (dummy, dwarf, manikin), coblyn (goblin, sprite). (various references)

impotus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "imp": impact, impacted, impacter, impacters, impacting, impaction, impactions, impactive, impactor, impactors, impacts, impaint, impainted, impainting, impaints, impair, impaired, impairer, impairers, impairing, impairment, impairments, impairs, impala, impalas, impale, impaled, impalement, impalements, impaler, impalers, impales, impaling, impalpabilities, impalpability, impalpable, impalpably, impanel, impaneled, impaneling, impanelled, impanelling, impanels, imparadise, imparadised, imparadises, imparadising, imparities, imparity, impark, imparked, imparking, imparks, impart, impartation, impartations, imparted, imparter, imparters, impartial, impartialities, impartiality, impartially, impartible, impartibly, imparting, impartment, impartments, imparts, impassabilities, impassability, impassable, impassableness, impassablenesses, impassably, impasse, impasses, impassibilities, impassibility, impassible, impassibly, impassion, impassioned, impassioning, 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imperatives, imperator, imperatorial, imperators, imperceivable, imperceptible, imperceptibly, imperceptive, imperceptiveness, imperceptivenesses, impercipience, impercipiences, impercipient, imperfect, imperfection, imperfections, imperfective, imperfectives, imperfectly, imperfectness, imperfectnesses, imperfects, imperforate, imperia, imperial, imperialism, imperialisms, imperialist, imperialistic, imperialistically, imperialists, imperially, imperials, imperil, imperiled, imperiling, imperilled, imperilling, imperilment, imperilments, imperils, imperious, imperiously, imperiousness, imperiousnesses, imperishabilities, imperishability, imperishable, imperishableness, imperishablenesses, imperishables, imperishably, imperium, imperiums, impermanence, impermanences, impermanencies, impermanency, impermanent, impermanently, impermeabilities, impermeability, impermeable, impermissibilities, impermissibility, impermissible, impermissibly, impersonal, impersonalities, impersonality, impersonalization, impersonalizations, impersonalize, impersonalized, impersonalizes, impersonalizing, impersonally, impersonate, impersonated, impersonates, impersonating, impersonation, impersonations, impersonator, impersonators, impertinence, impertinences, impertinencies, impertinency, impertinent, impertinently, imperturbabilities, imperturbability, imperturbable, imperturbably, impervious, imperviously, imperviousness, imperviousnesses, impetiginous, impetigo, impetigos, impetrate, impetrated, impetrates, impetrating, impetration, impetrations, impetuosities, impetuosity, impetuous, impetuously, impetuousness, impetuousnesses, impetus, impetuses, imphee, imphees, impi, impieties, impiety, imping, impinge, impinged, impingement, impingements, impinger, impingers, impinges, impinging, impings, impious, impiously, impis, impish, impishly, impishness, impishnesses, implacabilities, implacability, implacable, implacably, implant, implantable, implantation, implantations, implanted, implanter, implanters, implanting, implants, implausibilities, implausibility, implausible, implausibly, implead, impleaded, impleading, impleads, impledge, impledged, impledges, impledging, implement, implementation, implementations, implemented, implementer, implementers, implementing, implementor, implementors, implements, implicate, implicated, implicates, implicating, implication, implications, implicative, implicatively, implicativeness, implicativenesses, implicit, implicitly, implicitness, implicitnesses, implied, implies, implode, imploded, implodes, imploding, implore, implored, implorer, implorers, implores, imploring, imploringly, implosion, implosions, implosive, implosives, imply, implying, impolicies, impolicy, impolite, impolitely, impoliteness, impolitenesses, impolitic, impolitical, impolitically, impoliticly, imponderabilities, imponderability, imponderable, imponderables, imponderably, impone, imponed, impones, imponing, imporous, import, importable, importance, importances, importancies, importancy, important, importantly. (additional references)

Words ending with "imp": blimp, chimp, crimp, gimp, jimp, limp, pimp, primp, scrimp, shrimp, simp, skimp, superpimp, wimp. (additional references)

Words containing "imp": bedimple, bedimpled, bedimples, bedimpling, bepimple, bepimpled, bepimples, bepimpling, blimpish, blimpishly, blimpishness, blimpishnesses, blimps, chimpanzee, chimpanzees, chimps, crimped, crimper, crimpers, crimpier, crimpiest, crimping, crimple, crimpled, crimples, crimpling, crimps, crimpy, dimple, dimpled, dimples, dimplier, dimpliest, dimpling, dimply, gimped, gimpier, gimpiest, gimping, gimps, gimpy, glimpse, glimpsed, glimpser, glimpsers, glimpses, glimpsing, guimpe, guimpes, jimper, jimpest, jimply, jimpy, limpa, limpas, limped, limper, limpers, limpest, limpet, limpets, limpid, limpidities, limpidity, limpidly, limpidness, limpidnesses, limping, limpkin, limpkins, limply, limpness, limpnesses, limps, limpsey, limpsier, limpsiest, limpsy, misimpression, misimpressions, nonimpact, nonimplication, nonimplications, nonimportation, nonimportations, nonsuperimposable, overimpress, overimpressed, overimpresses, overimpressing, oversimple, oversimplification, oversimplifications, oversimplified, oversimplifies, oversimplify, oversimplifying, oversimplistic, oversimply, palimpsest, palimpsests, pimped, pimpernel, pimpernels, pimping, pimple, pimpled, pimples, pimplier, pimpliest, pimply, pimpmobile, pimpmobiles, pimps, postimpact, postimperial, preimplantation, primped, primping, primps, reimplant, reimplantation, reimplantations, reimplanted, reimplanting, reimplants, reimport, reimportation, reimportations, reimported, reimporting, reimports, reimpose, reimposed, reimposes, reimposing, reimposition, reimpositions, reimpression, reimpressions, rimple, rimpled, rimples, rimpling, scrimped, scrimper, scrimpers, scrimpier, scrimpiest, scrimping, scrimpit, scrimps, scrimpy, shrimped, shrimper, shrimpers, shrimpier, shrimpiest, shrimping, shrimplike, shrimps, shrimpy, simpatico, simper, simpered, simperer, simperers, simpering, simpers, simple, simpleminded, simplemindedly, simplemindedness, simplemindednesses, simpleness, simplenesses, simpler, simples, simplest, simpleton, simpletons, simplex, simplexes, simplices, simplicia, simplicial, simplicially, simplicities, simplicity, simplification, simplifications, simplified, simplifier, simplifiers, simplifies, simplify, simplifying, simplism, simplisms, simplist, simplistic, simplistically, simplists, simply, simps, skimped, skimpier, skimpiest, skimpily, skimpiness, skimpinesses, skimping, skimps, skimpy, slimpsier, slimpsiest, slimpsy, superimposable, superimpose, superimposed, superimposes, superimposing, superimposition, superimpositions, superpimps, timpana, timpani, timpanist, timpanists, timpano, timpanum, timpanums, ultrasimple, unimpaired, unimpassioned, unimpeachable, unimpeachably, unimpeded, unimplemented, unimportance, unimportances, unimportant, unimposing, unimpressed, unimpressive, unimproved, whimper, whimpered, whimpering, whimpers, wimpier, wimpiest, wimpiness, wimpinesses, wimpish, wimpishness, wimpishnesses, wimple, wimpled, wimples, wimpling, wimps, wimpy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Imp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bimp, bipm, emip, emp, emph, empl, epm, gmp, iap, iapc, Iapi, ibpf, icm, icmb, Icmc, icmp, icp, Icpc, Iep, Iepg, Ihp, iimr, Iipa, Ikp, ilp, ima, imap, imb, imd, ime, img, imi, Imj, iml, imm, Immo, imn, imop, impa, impe, impl, impo, impoi, impp, impt, Impy, imr, ims, Imt, imu, imw, Imx, imy, inp, iom, iop, ip, ipk, ipl, ipm, Ipma, ipp, ipu, irmo, Ismp, isp, ispbx, Itmk, Itp, Iup, iupd, ivp, mip, mirp, Nimipu, nmp, pimpp, pmi, pmmp, simp, timp, Uimx, vimp, ymp, yomp, zimp. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: mi, pi.

+1 letter: gimp, impi, imps, jimp, limp, pima, pimp, prim, simp, wimp.

+2 letters: blimp, campi, chimp, crimp, gimps, gimpy, imped, impel, impis, imply, jimpy, limpa, limps, milpa, mixup, opium, pigmy, pimas, pimps, prima, prime, primi, primo, primp, prims, prism, simps, skimp, tempi, wimps, wimpy.

+3 letters: armpit, blimps, chimps, crimps, crimpy, dimple, dimply, empire, epimer, gimped, guimpe, hempie, impact, impair, impala, impale, impark, impart, impawn, impede, impels, impend, imphee, imping, impish, impone, import, impose, impost, improv, impugn, impure, impute, jimper, jimply, limpas, limped, limper, limpet, limpid, limply, limpsy, lipoma, magilp, magpie, megilp, milpas, mishap, mispen, mixups, mopier, moping, mopish, myopia, myopic, opiums, optima, optime, passim, paynim, permit, pileum, pimped, pimple, pimply, pitman, pitmen, podium, pommie, porism, prelim, premie, premix, primal, primas, primed, primer, primes, primly, primos, primps, primus, prisms, pumice, purism, pyemia, pyemic, rimple, scampi, scrimp, shrimp, simper, simple, simply, skimps, skimpy, spirem, umping, umpire, uptime, wimple.

+4 letters: amplify, apomict, armpits, baptism, bimorph, bumpier, bumpily, bumping, bumpkin, campier, campily, camping, campion, compile, comping, complin, crampit, crimped, crimper, crimple, damping, dampish, demirep, dimorph, dimpled, dimples, diploma, dumpier, dumpily, dumping, dumpish, empires, empiric, emporia, emprise, emprize, emptied, emptier, empties, emptily, emptins, epiderm, epigram, epimere, epimers, episome, epitome, gimpier, gimping, glimpse, gripman, gripmen, guimpes, hempier, humpier, humping, impacts, impaint, impairs, impalas, impaled, impaler, impales, impanel, imparks, imparts, impasse, impaste, impasto, impavid, impawns, impeach, impearl, impeded, impeder, impedes, impends, imperia, imperil, impetus, imphees, impiety, impinge, impings, impious, implant, implead, implied, implies, implode, implore, imponed, impones, imports, imposed, imposer, imposes, imposts, impound, impower, impregn, impresa, imprese, impress, imprest, imprint, improve, improvs, impugns, impulse, imputed, imputer, imputes, ipomoea, jimpest, jumpier, jumpily, jumping, lamping, lampion, lempira, limpers, limpest, limpets, limping, limpkin, limpsey, lipomas, lumpier, lumpily, lumping, lumpish, magilps, magpies, maintop, maniple, maplike, mapping, medigap, megilph, megilps, meropia, meropic, metopic, midship, milksop, miscopy, mishaps, miskeep, miskept, mispage, mispart, mispens, misplan, misplay, mispled, misstep, misstop, mistype, mopiest, mopping, morphia, morphic, morphin, mumping, muspike, myopias, myopies, oilcamp, omphali, optimal, optimes, optimum, pallium, palmier, palming, palmist, panicum, pastime, paynims, pembina, pemican, pemphix, peonism, perming, permits, phasmid, pianism, pietism, pigment, pigmies, pikeman, pikemen, pilgrim, pimento, pimping, pimpled, pimples, pinetum, pinworm, pismire, pitmans, plasmic, plasmid, plasmin, plenism, plimsol, plumbic, plumier, pluming, podiums, polemic, pommies, porisms, potamic, preemie, prelims, premier, premies, premise, premiss, premium, premixt, pretrim, primacy, primage, primary, primate, primely, primero, primers, primine, priming, primmed, primmer, primped, primsie, primula, promine, promise, protium, proximo, psalmic, ptomain, pumiced, pumicer, pumices, pumping, pumpkin, purisms, pyaemia, pyaemic, pyemias, pygmies, pygmoid, pyramid, rampike, ramping, rampion, rimpled, rimples, romping, rompish, scrimps, scrimpy, semipro, septime, shipman, shipmen, shrimps, shrimpy, simpers, simpler, simples, simplex, skimped, slimpsy, sophism, spermic, spireme, spirems, spumier, spuming, spumoni, tamping, tampion, temping, timpana, timpani, timpano, tompion, triumph, tropism, tumping, tympani, ulpanim, umpired, umpires, upclimb, uptimes, utopism, vamping, vampire, vampish, wampish, whimper, wimpier, wimpish, wimpled, wimples.

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