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imped; imping; imps
1
: to graft or repair (a wing, tail, or feather) with a feather to improve a falcon's flying capacity
2
: to equip with wings
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imperative
2
imperfect
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imperial
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import; imported
Synonyms
Examples of imp in a Sentence
Noun
scooped up the little imp and took him to bed
a story about a crumbling mansion infested with a brood of imps
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Moran Zavdi, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Bernard worked endless hours at the auction house because that’s what his evil imp of a boss (Alan Cumming) demanded.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
Over time, the imp vanished from the original, too.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
The Lord rebuke you, Satan, and all of your demons and all of your imps will come and parade before us.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2023
The real imp was inside (or actually is?
—Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2020
In addition to his considerable show business influence, Bragman was a notorious imp.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 5 Mar. 2023
Her Richard is an entitled aristo rather than a calculating imp, a swaggering T. rex instead of a darting velociraptor.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 11 July 2022
Together, the five –- plus an extra character, a pet imp named Beans – completed the Dire Dogs.
—Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 27 May 2022
Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2017
Noun
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
Bernard worked endless hours at the auction house because that’s what his evil imp of a boss (Alan Cumming) demanded.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
Over time, the imp vanished from the original, too.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
The Lord rebuke you, Satan, and all of your demons and all of your imps will come and parade before us.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2023
The real imp was inside (or actually is?
—Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2020
In addition to his considerable show business influence, Bragman was a notorious imp.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 5 Mar. 2023
Her Richard is an entitled aristo rather than a calculating imp, a swaggering T. rex instead of a darting velociraptor.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 11 July 2022
Together, the five –- plus an extra character, a pet imp named Beans – completed the Dire Dogs.
—Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 27 May 2022
Verb
Imping, her father had called this sort of frenzied picking.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2017
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