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# imp

«imp» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small, mischievous devil or sprite in old stories** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (imps)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An imp is a small, mischievous devil or sprite in old stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imp/#m1)

2) An imp is a naughty little child, said playfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imp/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a small creature who plays tricks and causes trouble, in fairy tales and folk tales

### examples

- This is the imp's fault! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imp/#x1)
- The imp understood his business. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imp/#x2)
- Poor Iktomi cannot help being a little imp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imp/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «imp» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imp/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.