(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).

The act or process of grafting or mending. / A practice used on birds to fix important broken feathers.

present participle of imp

plural of imp

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imp

plural of imping

plural of imp.

(biochemistry) Initialism of inosine monophosphate. / (biochemistry) Initialism of integral membrane protein.

(law) Abbreviation of import. / (law) Abbreviation of importer. / (law) Abbreviation of importation.

(obsolete) A pole for supporting a scaffold.