larker

noun

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  1. monkey
  2. rogue
  3. urchin
  4. rascal
  5. mischief
  6. cutup
  7. imp
Noun
  • Traffic is minimal; instead, monkeys, iguanas, and the occasional jaguar have free reign.
    Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Geda the Chinese monkey, who lives in Shiyanhu Ecological Tourism Park, successfully predicted that Trump would win the 2016 presidential election against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of monkey
Noun
  • The disease causes the immune system to go rogue in a way that can strike virtually any organ in the body, but when and where is maddeningly elusive.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Major wars are raging on multiple continents, with adversaries moving closer together and key allies seemingly going rogue.
    Dave Lawler, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of rogue
Noun
  • After cutting open another half dozen, my hands were stained red, urchin spines were embedded in my skin and my mouth was dancing.
    Jaime Lowe, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Correspondent Maura Barrett helps researchers place adult-sized urchins in a reef.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of urchin
Noun
  • Reynolds thrived in front of a live studio audience, playing a college-age rascal who was more interested in messing with his friends and pursuing harebrained schemes than deciding on a major.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The druid Merlin rears his ugly head, and is far from the affable rascal of T.H. White’s The Once and Future King, though the two books are both attempts to update Arthur’s legend for a contemporary audience.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of rascal
Noun
  • Date: October 25 to 27 Rooms from $713 Photo : Courtesy of the Tampa EDITION The Tampa Edition Head to Club Noir at the Tampa Edition for a night of mischief, mystery, and delicious dining.
    Meredith Lepore, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Bryan Ferry has been making mischief for more than 50 years, on the margins of the rock world.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of mischief
Noun
  • 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
  • Joe Walsh gonna Joe Walsh Rock and roll has no shortage of cutups and characters in its ranks, but few are as divinely silly as Joe Walsh.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Jan. 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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