imp

Meanings

Plural: imps

Noun

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
one who is playfully mischievous
A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2).
A mischievous child.
A baby Tasmanian devil.
A supporter (or less commonly, a player) of the Lincoln City Football Club.
A young shoot of a plant, a tree, etc.; a sapling; also, a part of a plant used for grafting; a graft.
An offspring or scion, especially of a noble family; (generally) a (usually male) child; a (young) man.
Something added to or united with another to lengthen it out or repair it (such as an eke or small stand on which a beehive is placed, or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line).
Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).

Verb

To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.).
To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.
To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird, or a bird's wing or tail.
To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar.
To add to or unite an object with (something) to lengthen the latter out or repair it; to eke out, enlarge, strengthen.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English impen, ympen (“to plant; (figuratively) to bury; to graft; to add to, insert, put into, set in; to mend (a falcon’s feather) by attaching a new feather on to the broken stump”), from Old English impian, ġeimpian (“to graft”), from Proto-West Germanic *impōn (“to graft”), from Vulgar Latin *imputō (“to graft”), from Ancient Greek ἔμφῠτος (émphŭtos, “implanted; planted”), from ἐμφῠ́ω (emphŭ́ō, “to implant”, from ἐν- (en-, prefix meaning ‘in’) + φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “to bring forth, produce; to grow”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear; to become; to grow”))) + -τος (-tos).

Synonyms

brat, brownie, elf, god, gremlin, hob, little dickens, monkey, pixie, pixy, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, urchin

Scrabble Score: 7

imp is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
imp is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
imp is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

imp is a valid Words With Friends word