jackanapes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jackanapes
Noun
  • Alex has two choices: Linger at Union Station and see what rascals cross her path, or take up an invitation to join her British guardian angels at their home in Winnetka.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
  • After their car is stolen, the group of rascals must resort to some hilarious hijinks to get past the finish line.
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Now please don’t get the whippersnappers in the GTW offices wrong.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Like his character, his powers haven’t dimmed with age, whatever the whippersnappers might think, and if both have made a few bad decisions in a long career, not even Superman is perfect anymore.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • At the train station where Delta Slim performs, the rapscallion Stack reunites, uneasily, with old flame Mary (Hailee Steinfeld), who has been waiting a little too long for the charming dog who ditched her.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Born on Christmas in 1899, Bogart was a rapscallion from the jump despite being born into a fairly well-off family.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The California state government has partnered with nonprofits and commercial fishermen to clear urchins and restore kelp.
    Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Read on for an exclusive excerpt from the prologue of The Secret Book Society. London, England June 1895 Clara Chambers, the Countess of Duxbury, entered her drawing room and considered the urchin who’d demanded to be seen at once.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Saturday's talks in Rome between the Trump administration and the Islamic Republic of Iran over the rogue regime’s failure to dismantle its illicit nuclear weapons program have raised pressing questions about whether Tehran will adhere to a new deal.
    Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Sadly, for now, Murkowski is one of vanishingly few Republican politicians with the guts to speak up against the party’s rogue president — a brave, but lonely, voice in the wilderness.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The only problem was that to train the monkey to do the next action, the trainer would kiss the monkey first.
    Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Scan the mangroves for monkeys and sloths, and enjoy the approach to Corcovado from the waves.
    Calin Van Paris, Outside Online, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • John Mulaney opens up about life with infant son Malcolm during Hollywood Bowl show John Mulaney tour dates See if John Mulaney is headed to your city: Need a break?
    Julie Hinds, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • While looking through his phone, police allegedly found photos of the baby’s genitals and a video of the infant being digitally penetrated, according to the complaint.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • And Dot — well, Dot keeps an imp in an old wine bottle.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Combining animation and live action, the film continues the adventures of the magical imp Pumuckl.
    Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Jackanapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jackanapes. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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