1
: a mean, unprincipled, or dishonest person
2
: a mischievous person or animal
rascal
adjective
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Which one of you rascals woke me up?
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Reynolds thrived in front of a live studio audience, playing a college-age rascal who was more interested in messing with his friends and pursuing harebrained schemes than deciding on a major.
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Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
The druid Merlin rears his ugly head, and is far from the affable rascal of T.H. White’s The Once and Future King, though the two books are both attempts to update Arthur’s legend for a contemporary audience.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
The video features black & white footage of group of little rascals getting up to no good in the most adorable ways possible.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
The movie has become a bona fide classic, thanks partly to cameos by entertainment veterans like Mel Brooks, Daryl Hannah and Reba McEntire, but mainly for the hilarious child actors who portrayed the rascals.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
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Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
The druid Merlin rears his ugly head, and is far from the affable rascal of T.H. White’s The Once and Future King, though the two books are both attempts to update Arthur’s legend for a contemporary audience.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
The video features black & white footage of group of little rascals getting up to no good in the most adorable ways possible.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
The movie has become a bona fide classic, thanks partly to cameos by entertainment veterans like Mel Brooks, Daryl Hannah and Reba McEntire, but mainly for the hilarious child actors who portrayed the rascals.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Rascal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rascal. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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rascal
noun
ras·cal
ˈras-kəl 
1
: a mean or dishonest person
2
: a mischievous person
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