1
as in monkey
an appealingly mischievous person
scooped up the little imp and took him to bed
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2
as in demon
an evil spirit
a story about a crumbling mansion infested with a brood of imps
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Recent Examples of imp
But read two more and the skeptical imp within you awakens.
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
William got a kick out of the little imp, and Gary was in awe of William.
—Ira Silverberg, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Tim Burton's film explores the border between life and the afterlife with some of the best in the biz, from Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin’s wholesome (and dead) homeowners to Winona Ryder's angsty teen to her ridiculous mother (Catherine O'Hara) to the imp with a limp (Michael Keaton).
—Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2024
Imagine a mischievous imp lurking in the shadows, eager to eavesdrop on your whispers to the AI or peek at its replies.
—Moran Zavdi, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
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The women screamed as the playful monkey swept in and struck his pose.—
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This is why she’s been able to hold the screen with Mullally and that monkey, by the way, the former playing her father Eli’s new romantic interest, Lori, and the latter as BJ’s new service animal after a fall from a stripper pole resulted in a spinal-cord injury.—
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On the line: A trip to the conference final where Washington and Carolina will have a chance to exorcize some demons.—
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The Knicks then exorcised another demon — awful performances coming out of the halftime break.—
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Local truffles are also on sale, not pungent but neither pricey and historically called devil’s mushroom by those who considered them as food for witches.—
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On her journey, Gerda makes friends with people, birds, beasts, and a kind witch, unaware that a hostile, unseen enemy – the Snow Queen and her devil apprentice, Louie – is watching her.—
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The Avs needed to trade Rantanen to shake up the locker room, but MacFarland landed terrific regular-season players who turned into postseason ghosts.—
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Other fake executive orders included pardoning author J.K. Rowling and outlawing ghosts.—
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The episode continues the momentum with an extended stalker-vision first-person shot, as an unseen person creeps inexorably into an unidentified home at night, eventually revealing the Empire ghoul who tortured our gal Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona) last season.—
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Nearly 60 years ago, a family of ghouls moved into 1313 Mockingbird Lane.—
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Whole time, this thing was meant to be some thrilling vampire story with all this clever social commentary woven [through].—
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Reed, who played Rosalie in Twilight, is married to Ian Somerhalder, who starred as vampire Damon Salvatore in The CW's The Vampire Diaries.—
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“Imp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imp. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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