jackanapes

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Noun
  • Right now, the rascal in him slumbers, briefly glimpsed now and again behind dark shades.
    Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.
    Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • More, the coaches of the last three title-winning teams (Florida’s Todd Golden and Hurley) all come from the current crop of whippersnappers, as do the leaders of each 1-seed in this tourney.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Mills gives off the disarming sense of a secure soul undeterred by whippersnappers who toss around fancy words such as gerontocracy.
    Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Snoop Dogg, the rap rapscallion who puts the OG in Olympic Games, plopped down on a couch in the NBC green room and muted the TV.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Gods of Egypt is actually told from the point of view of a young rapscallion named Bek, played by Brenton Thwaites.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Cala Gaetano is the most breathtaking of all, both in awe and anxiety, where slippery steps without any barriers bring you to a secluded cove speckled with urchins.
    Kristina Kasparian, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Sea urchin also comes as nigiri for $12, and sashimi for $24.
    Ella Gonzales March 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • While these rogue planets are expected to be cold and dark, their moons may follow a different path.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 Mar. 2026
  • What’s worse is that the rogue AI’s response was inaccurate.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • While peers like Coco Chanel or Christian Dior made clothing that was radically simple or effusively beautiful, Schiaparelli embraced what was surprising, in bad taste or even revolting (a pair of 1938 monkey fur boots, for example).
    Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
  • And so do some primates, such as bonobos and snub-nosed monkeys.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The 33-page report provides a numerical view of what factors impact infants before and after their birth.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The already anxious Rachel, who lost her mother as an infant and is estranged from her dad, has a bad feeling about her nuptials in five days.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The second was more bizarre: that some nasty imp in my psyche might decide that jumping was a good idea.
    Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Mykal-Michelle Harris from Raven’s Home guest-stars as Ruby, a mischievous moon imp who tricks Vee.
    Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Jackanapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jackanapes. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.

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