Definition of rascal Rascal

/ɹæˈskʌl/ - [ratskul] - ras•cal

We found 11 definitions of rascal from 6 different sources.

What does rascal mean?

Noun
rascal - one who is playfully mischievous
		imp, scamp, monkey, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag
		youngster, minor, tiddler, tike, nestling, nipper, small fry, tyke, shaver, fry, child, kid young bird not yet fledged
rascal - a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
		rogue, knave, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varlet
		scoundrel, villain a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately

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rascal (Noun)
Someone who is naughty; either playfully mischievous or a troublemaker, a dishonest person, a scoundrel.
rascal (Noun)
A member of a criminal gang in Papua New Guinea .
rascal (Adjective)
lowly, part of or belonging to the common rabble.

rascal (v.)
One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer.
rascal (v.)
A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.
rascal (a.)
Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base.

rascal
ras′kal, n. a dishonest fellow: a knave, rogue, scamp.—adj. worthless: mean.—ns. Ras′caldom, the class of rascals; Ras′calism, Rascal′ity, mean trickery or dishonesty: fraud: villainy: the rabble.—adj. Ras′calliest (Shak., superl. of Rascally).—n. Rascall′ion, a rascal: one of the lowest people: a low, mean wretch.—adjs. Ras′cally, Ras′cal-like, mean: vile: base. [Fr. racaille, scum of the people, through Low L. forms from L. radĕre, rasum, to scrape.]

rascal
A rogue or villain: a term borrowed from the chase; a rascal originally meaning a lean shabby deer, at the time of changing his horns, penis, &c. whence, in the vulgar acceptation, rascal is conceived to signify a man without genitals: the regular vulgar answer to this reproach, if uttered by a woman, is the offer of an ocular demonstration of the virility of the party so defamed. Some derive it from RASCAGLIONE, an Italian word signifying a man. without testicles, or an eunuch.

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rascal in sign language