larker

noun

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  1. monkey
  2. rogue
  3. urchin
  4. rascal
  5. mischief
  6. cutup
  7. imp
Noun
  • The jungle struck up its evening symphony: the sweet chittering of insects, the distant bellowing of monkeys, the occasional screech of a kite.
    Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Now de la Torre was heading out to check on the remaining monkeys in Ecuador.
    Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of monkey
Noun
  • But what if rogue cops were paid off to help criminals with their exploits?
    Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Watch The Official Trailer Of 'Creature Commandos' By Rahul Majumdar Contributing Pop Culture Writer 0 Batman's rogues gallery is iconic.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of rogue
Noun
  • Frank Borzage’s 1927 7th Heaven features Fox contract player Janet Gaynor as a Parisian street urchin and newcomer Charles Farrell as the sanitation worker who loves her.
    Jane Levere, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The grasslike material offers a home for baby urchins to cling to.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of urchin
Noun
  • Orange cats have earned an online reputation for being chaotic, energetic rascals.
    Gayoung Lee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Eventually, Sergei — now going by Kraven — begins knocking off a growing list of poachers, corporate rascals and international kingpins.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of rascal
Noun
  • The London Cat, a great skinless feline who likes to turn people inside-out and embodies all the mischief and malevolence of cats).
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Daniel Taylor has written about the mentality, moves, and mischief which made him — and unearths his first ever scouting report.
    Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of mischief
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  • Martinez was looking at cutups Monday morning of 6-6, 20-year-old right-hander Travis Sykora, Washington’s third-round pick in 2023, who’s coming on, uh, quickly.
    David Aldridge, The Athletic, 27 Aug. 2024
  • Apparently all-in on Reynolds, Hollywood is now reasoning that his star power — some chemically adhesive combination of dashing leading man, comic-relief cutup, and lifestyle mogul — will prove irresistible regardless of the context.
    A.A. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
Definition of cutup
Noun
  • William got a kick out of the little imp, and Gary was in awe of William.
    Ira Silverberg, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Tim Burton's film explores the border between life and the afterlife with some of the best in the biz, from Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin’s wholesome (and dead) homeowners to Winona Ryder's angsty teen to her ridiculous mother (Catherine O'Hara) to the imp with a limp (Michael Keaton).
    Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of imp
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