English-Thai Dictionary

imp

N ภูต น้อย  ปีศาจ น้อย  ภูต ตัวเล็ก ที่ เกเร  เทพธิดา น้อย  elf sprite phud-noi

 

imp

N เด็ก ซุกซน  เด็ก ดื้อรั้น  dek-sukson

 

imp

VT ซ่อมแซม ขน ปีก ให้ นก อินท รี หรือ เหยี่ยว  som-saem-kon-pik-hai-nok-in-se-rue-yiao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMP

n. 1. A son; offspring; progeny.
The tender imp was weaned.
A lad of life, an imp of fame.
2. A subaltern or puny devil.

 

IMP

v.t. 1. To graft.
2. To lengthen; to extend or enlarge by something inserted or added; a term originally used by falconers, who repair a hawk's wing by adding feathers.
Imp out our drooping country's broken wings.
--The false north displays
Her broken league to imp her serpent wings.
This verb is, I believe, used only in poetry.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMP

Imp, n. Etym: [OE. imp a graft, AS. impa; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ymp,prob. fr. LL. impotus, Gr. be. See 1st In-, Be. ]

 

1. A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

2. An offspring; progeny; child; scion. [Obs. ] The tender imp was weaned. Fairfax.

 

3. A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker. To mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps. Beattie.

 

4. 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. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ]

 

IMP

Imp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imped; p. pr. & vb. n. Imping. ] Etym: [AS. impian to imp, ingraft, plant; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ympa, OHG. impfon, impiton, G. impfen. See Imp, n.]

 

1. To graft; to insert as a scion. [Obs. ] Rom. of R.

 

2. (Falconry )

 

Defn: 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. [Archaic ] Imp out our drooping country's broken wing. Shak. Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes. Fuller. Here no frail Muse shall imp her crippled wing. Holmes. Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage With all the scorpions that should whip this age. Cleveland.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

IMP

IMP |imp ɪmp | ▶abbreviation Bridge International Match Point.

 

imp

imp |imp ɪmp | ▶noun a mischievous child: a cheeky young imp. • a small, mischievous devil or sprite. ▶verb [ with obj. ] repair a damaged feather in (the wing or tail of a trained hawk ) by attaching part of a new feather. ORIGIN Old English impa, impe ‘young shoot, scion, ’ impian ‘to graft, ’ based on Greek emphuein ‘to implant. ’ In late Middle English, the noun denoted a descendant, esp. of a noble family, and later a child of the devil or a person regarded as such; hence a ‘little devil ’ or mischievous child (early 17th cent ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

IMP

IMP ▶abbreviation Bridge International Match Point.

 

imp

imp |ɪmp | ▶noun a small, mischievous devil or sprite. • a mischievous child: a cheeky young imp. ▶verb [ with obj. ] repair a damaged feather in (the wing or tail of a trained hawk ) by attaching part of a new feather. ORIGIN Old English impa, impe ‘young shoot, scion ’, impian ‘to graft ’, based on Greek emphuein ‘to implant ’. In late Middle English, the noun denoted a descendant, especially of a noble family, and later a child of the devil or a person regarded as such; hence a ‘little devil ’ or mischievous child (early 17th cent. ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

imp

imp noun 1 our neighborhood imps are, for the most part, harmless: rascal, monkey, devil, troublemaker, urchin; informal scamp, brat, monster, horror, terror, tyke, whippersnapper, hellion, varmint, rapscallion; archaic scapegrace. 2 this trickster of Indian myth is an inscrutable imp possessed of satanic charisma: hobgoblin, goblin, elf, sprite, pixie, brownie, fairy, puck; demon, little devil; archaic bugbear.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

imp

imp noun 1 imps are thought to sprout from Satan: demon, little devil, devil, fiend; hobgoblin, goblin, elf, sprite, puck; archaic bugbear; rare cacodemon. 2 the child's a cheeky young imp: rascal, scamp, monkey, fiend, demon, devil, mischief-maker, troublemaker, prankster, rogue, wretch, brat, urchin, whippersnapper, tearaway; minx, chit; informal monster, horror, mischief, holy terror; Brit. informal perisher; Irish informal spalpeen; N. English informal tyke, scally; N. Amer. informal hellion, varmint; archaic scapegrace, jackanapes, rapscallion, rip.

 

Duden Dictionary

Imp

Imp Substantiv, maskulin bayrisch , der |I mp |der Imp; Genitiv: des Imps, Plural: die Imp mittelhochdeutsch imp, Imme Biene

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

imp

imp /ɪmp /名詞 C 1 悪魔 [鬼 ]の子, 小悪魔, 小鬼 .2 いたずらっ子 .

 

imp

imp .〘文法 〙imperative ; 〘文法 〙imperfect ; imperial ; import .