Rascal

Word RASCAL
Character 6
Hyphenation ras cal
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Rascal"

What do we mean by rascal?

One that is playfully mischievous. noun

An unscrupulous, dishonest person; a scoundrel. noun

Made up of, belonging to, or relating to the lower classes. adjective

The commonalty of people; the vulgar herd; the general mass. noun

In hunting, a refuse or despicable beast or class of beasts; an animal, or animals collectively, unfit to chase or to kill, on account of ignoble quality or lean condition; especially, a lean deer. noun

A low or vulgar person; one of the rabble; a boor or churl. noun

A low or mean fellow; a tricky, dishonest person; a rogue; a knave; a scamp: used in objurgation with much latitude, and often, like rogue, with slight meaning. Compare rascally. noun

Paltry; worthless; unworthy of consideration; in a special use, unfit for the chase, as a lean deer: used of things or animals.

Low; mean; base; common; ignoble; vulgar; knavish: used of persons, formerly with reference to class or occupation, but now only with an implication of moral baseness or dishonesty.

Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base. adjective

One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer. noun

A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster. noun

Someone who is naughty; either playfully mischievous or a troublemaker, a dishonest person, a scoundrel. noun

A member of a criminal gang in Papua New Guinea. noun

Low(ly), part of or belonging to the common rabble adjective

One who is playfully mischievous noun

A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel noun

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The word "rascal" in example sentences

JUST as the Hopkinsons had finished breakfast the following morning, they were surprised by an early visit from Willis, who seemed to be in a state of unusual excitement; and instead of the congratulations they had expected, he burst out with something like an oath, adding, And the rascal is actually gone – went off while the dancing was going on; the police were waiting for him at the station, but I suppose he had good intelligence, for he got into a steamer, and has not been heard of since. ❋ Unknown (1859)

So he told him what had befallen him and added, If I know whither the rascal is gone and where to find the knave, I would pay him out. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The rascal is greedy as a Badaw and moreover he is a liar, which the ❋ Unknown (2006)

| Reply that rascal is fixing me good whenever i look at this picture ❋ Unknown (2005)

The young rascal is a girl in boy's clothes, sir! said the officer who had the culprit in custody. ❋ Unknown (1888)

My uncle started at the word rascal; and then recovering himself, replied, "Well, nephew, what is it that you require of Lord Privilege, for I presume this visit is not without a cause?" ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

My uncle started at the word rascal; and then recovering himself, replied, "Well, nephew what is it that you require of Lord Privilege, for I presume this visit is not without a cause?" ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

He could not however bridle his tongue -- he pronounced the word rascal with great emphasis; said he deserved to be hanged more than a highwayman, and wished he had the scourging him. ❋ Henry Fielding (1730)

Rob Anderscal - This "rascal" - as the name implies - is a trouble-maker extraordinaire. ❋ Unknown (2008)

That is what dignity does for you, you rascal, that is dignity! ... ❋ Unknown (2003)

I endeavoured to paralyze his movements by pinioning his arms, but the rascal was my superior in muscular strength. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The rascal is the cause of all our difficulties; and, if evil should happen us, he will be the cause of that too. ❋ Robert M. Bird (N/A)

I endeavored to paralyze his movements by pinioning his arms, but the rascal was my superior in muscular strength. ❋ Unknown (1911)

The crow is very much of a rascal -- that is, if any creature can be called a rascal for following out natural and rascally inclinations. ❋ William Joseph Long (1909)

'Every man of any education would rather be called a rascal than accused of deficiency in the graces,' iii. ❋ Boswell, James, 1740-1795 (1887)

Lord Eliot informs me, that one day when Johnson and he were at dinner at a gentleman's house in London, upon Lord Chesterfield's Letters being mentioned, Johnson surprized the company by this sentence: 'Every man of any education would rather be called a rascal, than accused of deficiency in the graces.' ❋ Boswell, James, 1740-1795 (1887)

"Master, suppose you no got it Oahika aboard, eh?" which enquiry went a good way toward confirming my opinion that the rascal was a person of some importance. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)

"By the bones of my ancestors, it goes against me to be so often called rascal!" ❋ Robert Neilson Stephens (1886)

“Every man of any education,” he once said to the amazement of his hearers, “would rather be called a rascal than accused of deficiency in the graces.” ❋ Leslie, Stephen (1878)

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