rascal
A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a tricksterA dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
» Tom is a rascal.
Meaning
3 sensesA dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
Gauner, Strolch, Bösewicht
A cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.
That little rascal bit me!
If you have deer in the area, you may have to put a fence around your garden to keep the rascals out.
Bengel, Strolch, Schlingel
него́дникnegódnik, него́дницаnegódnica, плутplut
(Papua New Guinea)A member of a criminal gang.
- a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- one who is playfully mischievous
Examples
35 sentencesTom is a rascal.
Don't defend the rascal.
Не захищай поганця.
You're such rascals!
Які ж ви шалапути!
deIhr seid arge Lausbuben.
Democracy is the aristocracy of rascals.
ruДемократия — это аристократия негодяев.
You are the same rascal like Tom.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Recorded since c.1330, as Middle English rascaile (“people of the lowest class, rabble ofRecorded since c.1330, as Middle English rascaile (“people of the lowest class, rabble of an army”), derived from 12th century Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”) (modern French racaille), perhaps from rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), from Vulgar Latin *rasicō (“to scrape”). The singular form is first attested in 1461; the present extended sense of "low, dishonest person" is from early 1586.
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