imp

imp is a 3-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
2. noun. An offspring; progeny; child; scion.
3. noun. A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.
4. noun. Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.
5. noun. To graft; to insert as a scion.
6. noun. To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen to equip.
7. noun. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

   Synonyms: brownie, elf, gremlin, hob, pixie, pixy

8. noun. one who is playfully mischievous

   Synonyms: monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp

Synonyms

brownie, elf, gremlin, hob, pixie, pixy, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in imp:

ipm, pim

Common word forms

imps, imped, impen, imper, imply, impest, imping

Words from these letters

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