Usually means: Mischievous small demon, folklore origin.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. imp: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. IMP, imp, imp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. imp, imp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. imp, imp: Collins English Dictionary
  5. imp: Vocabulary.com
  6. Imp, imp: Wordnik
  7. imp: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. IMP, Imp, imp: Wiktionary
  9. imp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. imp, imp: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. imp: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. imp, imp: Dictionary.com
  13. imp: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. I.M.P, IMP (TV series), IMP (programming language), IMP, Imp (Dungeons & Dragons), Imp (She-Ra), Imp (disambiguation), Imp (horse), Imp, The Imp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Imp: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. imp: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. imp: Rhymezone
  18. Imp: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. imp: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. IMP, Imp, imp: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. Imp: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. imp: Free Dictionary
  23. imp: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. imp, imp: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. imp: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. IMP: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. IMP: CCI Computer
  3. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  4. IMP (Interface Message Processor): Linktionary Networking Glossary
  5. Imp (disambiguation), imp: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Imp: MedFriendly Glossary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. IMP, Imp (disambiguation): Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. imp, imp, imp: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  2. imp: Genealogy Glossary
  3. IMP: Acronym Finder
  4. IMP: Three Letter Words with definitions
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. IMP: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. I.M.P, Imp: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. imp: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. IMP: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  3. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

(Note: See imping as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (obsolete) To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.).
verb:  (figuratively, archaic) To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.
verb:  (falconry, veterinary medicine) To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird, or a bird's wing or tail.
verb:  (by extension)
verb:  (figuratively, from sense 3) To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar.
verb:  To add to or unite an object with (something) to lengthen the latter out or repair it; to eke out, enlarge, strengthen.
noun:  (chiefly fiction and mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2).
noun:  (by extension)
noun:  (often humorous) A mischievous child.
noun:  A baby Tasmanian devil.
noun:  (British, colloquial) A supporter (or less commonly, a player) of the Lincoln City Football Club.
noun:  (obsolete)
noun:  A young shoot of a plant, a tree, etc.; a sapling; also, a part of a plant used for grafting; a graft.
noun:  An offspring or scion, especially of a noble family; (generally) a (usually male) child; a (young) man.
noun:  (British, dialectal) Something added to or united with another to lengthen it out or repair it (such as an eke or small stand on which a beehive is placed, or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line).
noun:  (video games, slang) Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”)
noun:  (biochemistry) Initialism of inosine monophosphate.
noun:  (biochemistry) Initialism of integral membrane protein. [(biochemistry) A protein (or assembly of proteins) that is permanently attached to a biological membrane.]
noun:  (Canada, military, food) Initialism of individual meal package.

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