larker

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  1. madcap
  2. monkey
  3. urchin
  4. rascal
  5. mischief
  6. cutup
  7. imp
Noun
  • The fare isn’t noteworthy or unique, except for the onion soup with its madcap, enormous puff pastry lid.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of madcap
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  • The viral reel that originated the chant features two women, who seem to be in their early 20s, dressed in casual streetwear, leading the chant while a man holds a poster depicting Modi as a little monkey.
    — Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In early 2025, the hospital’s ethics committee approved the clinical trial, before the final results of one of the preclinical studies on monkeys was released, Science reported.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Definition of monkey
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  • Fossil hunters will have fun here when the tide is out and sea sponges and urchins are visible.
    — Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026
  • The emotional stakes — which also involve a thieving street urchin (Baltasar Espinach) the De la Vegas adopt — are real.
    — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
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  • Even though the Feeneys have gotten more competitive under the junior Michel’s management, the rascal-on-the-field ethos of the original team still prevails.
    — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Not even the curmudgeonly Melvin can bring himself to harm the little rascal.
    — Camille Perri, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Definition of rascal
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  • The feeling is cheeky and curious, a soundtrack to innocuous mischief.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
  • Another charge of mischief was taken into consideration during sentencing.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of mischief
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  • Yet as a child he was considered more clever than cutup.
    — Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Such systems also house analytics programming, sections where mock drafts are monitored to gauge external chatter about players, video libraries of film cutups, charts with testing results and more advanced metrics such as play speed.
    — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of cutup
Noun
  • At her very best, Emily behaves like a petulant pre-adolescent spoiled imp.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 14 Apr. 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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