Plural of imp

Forms of imp

Imps in a sentence

• It was as if there were little imps dancing in my mouth, and every so often, when a situation arose, they'd get together, giggle wickedly, and try to push words out of my open mouth.1981 December 1, Ruth Geller, “The Lesbian Teacher”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 20, page 5
• When they are upset, their ears blush a furious crimson, resembling red horns and adding to their diabolical image. (Baby devils, packed four to a pouch, are known as imps.)[2012 May, Abigail Tucker, “What is Killing the Tasmanian Devil?”, in Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, →ISSN, →OCLC...
• Imps see pixies as uppity, giggly snobs, sniffing too many snootfuls of pollen.2009, Steve Berman, So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction, page 229. From the entry snootful
• Then the Netherlands scored an additional 3 imps for one fewer undertrick in a vulnerable one no-trump.2007 February 22, Phillip Alder, “Strong Spade Suit Helps Decide a Hard-Fought Match in Japan”, in New York Times. From the entry undertrick
• It is a spectacle that ought to make the imps of netherdom tremble for their laurels — man.1901, Louis Freeland Post, Alice Thatcher Post, Stoughton Cooley, The Public: A journal of democracy. From the entry netherdom

Meaning of imp

1. verb To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.).
2. verb To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.
3. verb 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.

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Questions about the plural of imp

What is the plural of imp?

The plural of imp is imps.

Is imp countable?

Imp is a countable noun.