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# rascal

«rascal» in Mova's school dictionary: **A cheeky, naughty child or animal who makes mischief but…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a rascal, rascals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, affectionate) A cheeky, naughty child or animal who makes mischief but is loved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rascal/#m1)

2) (old) A dishonest person; a rogue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rascal/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life grandparents call children «you little rascal» fondly. In old stories a rascal is a scoundrel. Phrases: little rascal, you rascal.

### examples

- Come here, you little rascal! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rascal/#x1)
- The puppy is a rascal; it chewed my shoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rascal/#x2)
- My brother is a cheeky rascal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rascal/#x3)
- The rascal stole the pies from the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rascal/#x4)
- Those rascals rang our doorbell and ran away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rascal/#x5)
- Grandpa calls me his favourite rascal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rascal/#x6)
- "What! are you here, you old rascal? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rascal/#x7)

### note

Countable. Usually friendly today, not a serious insult. Adjective: rascally. Similar: scamp, monkey, rogue.

### In the corpora

- ["Rascal" means a mischievous, naughty child, said fondly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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