Rascal
noun
A person who behaves in a way that is not honest or fair, usually playfully or mischievously.
That little rascal stole the cookies from the cookie jar.
Often appears as...
- little rascal
- cheeky rascal
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
An animal of a group or herd, especially a mammalian pest or vermin.
The farmer is always on the lookout for rascals that might harm his crops.
Often appears as...
- rascal rabbit
- rascal rodent
noun
A person who behaves in a way that is not honest or fair, usually playfully or mischievously.
That little rascal stole the cookies from the cookie jar.
Often appears as...
- little rascal
- cheeky rascal
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
An animal of a group or herd, especially a mammalian pest or vermin.
The farmer is always on the lookout for rascals that might harm his crops.
Often appears as...
- rascal rabbit
- rascal rodent
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Playful Misbehavior
Used to describe someone behaving badly in a non-serious, playful way, often children.
You little rascal, hiding daddy's shoes again!
Pro Tip 2/3Affectionate Teasing
Can express affection when teasing friends or family in a light-hearted manner.
Oh, you rascal! You scared me with that mask!
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Nuance
In some cultures, being called a 'rascal' may be more offensive than playful.
In some places, calling someone a rascal might start an argument.
Pro Tip 1/3Playful Misbehavior
Used to describe someone behaving badly in a non-serious, playful way, often children.
You little rascal, hiding daddy's shoes again!
Pro Tip 2/3Affectionate Teasing
Can express affection when teasing friends or family in a light-hearted manner.
Oh, you rascal! You scared me with that mask!
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Nuance
In some cultures, being called a 'rascal' may be more offensive than playful.
In some places, calling someone a rascal might start an argument.
Pro Tip 1/3Playful Misbehavior
Used to describe someone behaving badly in a non-serious, playful way, often children.
You little rascal, hiding daddy's shoes again!
Pro Tip 2/3Affectionate Teasing
Can express affection when teasing friends or family in a light-hearted manner.
Oh, you rascal! You scared me with that mask!
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Nuance
In some cultures, being called a 'rascal' may be more offensive than playful.
In some places, calling someone a rascal might start an argument.
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Video examples
Catch of the Week -...
we got one owner I ain't easy easy look like a pretty good splash definitely definitely a bluefin and I we get that rascal this thing's acting really crazy I don't got liking the way things are up in the water so much this right here is the lonely need to start everything I
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Safari Live - Day 15 PIPE...
to be able to hear but the sort of wildebeest after spotting the Lions and you can see it all body language is changed completely well done little rascals you ruined that properly I can I'm afraid i money did you get that no I think we're in one of
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Safari Live - Day 316 PIPE...
that's nowhere near on the same level in the gorogora crater also enormous clans of hyena there so how do you keep a rank with a hundred animals in your clan how is that possible the world of the hyena amazes there they are again the little rascals
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Grizz Quiz: How Much Do...
nature a big bear holding a cupcake her big rascal I'm Chris Morgan I'm an ecologist and filmmaker bears have been my specialty for 25 years I've worked all over the world and even captured radio collared and tracked them on foot
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Young-ha Kim: Be an...
Or so I wished. "Now you'll get it, you rascal!" was the response. "You'll get it!" he said. You were supposed to draw the palace, the Gyeonghoeru, etc., but I was coloring everything in black, so he dragged me out of the group.
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"Good" and "bad" are...
of being human. And although at times, especially as a baby, my daughter has, in fact, looked angelic, she has grown into the type of kid who does the rascally things that any other kid does,
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Matthieu Ricard: How to...
But are we really all just like rascals? That's good news, isn't it? Many philosophers, like Hobbes, have said so. But not everyone looks like a rascal. Or is man a wolf for man?
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An entertainment icon on...
and come out on the other side, and I forgive my father -- the best thing I -- the worst thing I -- The word I'd like to use about him and think about him is -- he was a rascal.
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
moving and the little rebellious rascal lesson go too far away from the watchful eye of them otherwise she could land herself in trouble
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Safari Live - Day 210 PIPE...
sorry Megan what did Bob rascal has increased or decreased in Amara
Video examples
Catch of the Week -...
we got one owner I ain't easy easy look like a pretty good splash definitely definitely a bluefin and I we get that rascal this thing's acting really crazy I don't got liking the way things are up in the water so much this right here is the lonely need to start everything I
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 15 PIPE...
to be able to hear but the sort of wildebeest after spotting the Lions and you can see it all body language is changed completely well done little rascals you ruined that properly I can I'm afraid i money did you get that no I think we're in one of
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 316 PIPE...
that's nowhere near on the same level in the gorogora crater also enormous clans of hyena there so how do you keep a rank with a hundred animals in your clan how is that possible the world of the hyena amazes there they are again the little rascals
Video examples
Grizz Quiz: How Much Do...
nature a big bear holding a cupcake her big rascal I'm Chris Morgan I'm an ecologist and filmmaker bears have been my specialty for 25 years I've worked all over the world and even captured radio collared and tracked them on foot
Video examples
Young-ha Kim: Be an...
Or so I wished. "Now you'll get it, you rascal!" was the response. "You'll get it!" he said. You were supposed to draw the palace, the Gyeonghoeru, etc., but I was coloring everything in black, so he dragged me out of the group.
Video examples
"Good" and "bad" are...
of being human. And although at times, especially as a baby, my daughter has, in fact, looked angelic, she has grown into the type of kid who does the rascally things that any other kid does,
Video examples
Matthieu Ricard: How to...
But are we really all just like rascals? That's good news, isn't it? Many philosophers, like Hobbes, have said so. But not everyone looks like a rascal. Or is man a wolf for man?
Video examples
An entertainment icon on...
and come out on the other side, and I forgive my father -- the best thing I -- the worst thing I -- The word I'd like to use about him and think about him is -- he was a rascal.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
moving and the little rebellious rascal lesson go too far away from the watchful eye of them otherwise she could land herself in trouble
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 210 PIPE...
sorry Megan what did Bob rascal has increased or decreased in Amara
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Tony Pulis
Welsh Manager
There are players like that - you know they have been rascals, and that you can bring them in, give them a new environment and get a length of time out of them, but they will always return to type. You can get something out of them, then you have to get rid of them.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in.
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Frank Grillo
American Actor
A lot of times, especially with TV, I would get these scripts, and I'm like, 'Oh, they want me to be the good-looking guy who's a little bit of a rascal.' It's just boring.
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Jules Verne
French Author
Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they would be arrested off-hand.
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Peter Tosh
Jamaican Musician
My father was a bad boy, a rascal. That's what him do for a living. He just go around and have a million and one children!
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Sallust
Roman Historian
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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Debbie Harry
American Musician
You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
French Philosopher
Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
Quote examples
Tony Pulis
Welsh Manager
There are players like that - you know they have been rascals, and that you can bring them in, give them a new environment and get a length of time out of them, but they will always return to type. You can get something out of them, then you have to get rid of them.
Quote examples
H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in.
Quote examples
Frank Grillo
American Actor
A lot of times, especially with TV, I would get these scripts, and I'm like, 'Oh, they want me to be the good-looking guy who's a little bit of a rascal.' It's just boring.
Quote examples
Jules Verne
French Author
Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they would be arrested off-hand.
Quote examples
Peter Tosh
Jamaican Musician
My father was a bad boy, a rascal. That's what him do for a living. He just go around and have a million and one children!
Quote examples
Sallust
Roman Historian
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
Quote examples
Debbie Harry
American Musician
You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it.
Quote examples
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
Quote examples
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
French Philosopher
Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.
Quote examples
Mason Cooley
American Writer
Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
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