rascal

Definition

  • noun: a person and especially a young person who causes trouble or does things that annoy people
  • noun: a mean, unprincipled, or dishonest person
  • synonyms: rogue, scoundrel, trickster

Examples

  • Which one of you 'rascals' woke me up?

  • a lying 'rascal'

  • a 'rascally' man

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and watering the plants? - Yeah, and feeding the fish! - I don't have any fish. You do now. I call that one Shrek and the other Fiona. That Shrek is a rascally devil. Get your... Look at the time. I guess you'd better be going. Don't you want to tell me about your trip? (..)
    2004 Shrek 2
  • (..) Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to. It's wonderful to see you,Gandalf! You didn't think I'd miss your Uncle Bilbo's birthday? How is the old rascal? l hear it's going to be a party of special magnificence. You know Bilbo. He's got the whole place in an uproar. (..)
    2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • (..) School, a noble institution. What would this stupid world be without-- Well, well, well! Stromboli! So that old rascal's back in town, eh? Remember, Gideon, the time l tied strings on you... and passed you off as a puppet? We nearly put one over on that old gypsy that time. A little wooden boy. (..)
    1940 Pinocchio