imp

  • (noun): A small, mischievous sprite, or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful.
  • (noun): A mischievous child.
  • (noun): A baby Tasmanian devil.
  • (noun): A young shoot of a plant, tree etc.
  • (noun): A scion, offspring; a child.
  • (noun): Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, such as an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.
  • (verb): To plant or engraft.
  • (verb): To graft, implant; to set or fix.
  • (verb): To engraft (feathers) into a bird's wing.
  • (verb): To eke out, strengthen, enlarge.