rascal
Syllables: ras·calUK/ˈɹɑːskl̩//ˈɹæskl̩/
rascal noun: a dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
Noun
rascal (plural rascals)
- A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
- Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and...1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III
- And he smote Corinius on his shaven jowl with the dice box, calling him cheat and mangy rascal, whereupon Corinius drew forth a bodkin to smite him in the neck withal; […]1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 33
- Synonyms:
- villain
- A cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.
- That little rascal bit me!
- If you have deer in the area, you may have to put a fence around your garden to keep the rascals out.
- Synonyms:
- devil
- A member of a criminal gang.
Adjective
rascal (comparative more rascal, superlative most rascal)
Proper noun capitalized: Rascal
Rascal
- A surname.
rascal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
rascal in Hindi
- cheeky person
- दुष्ट duṣṭ
rascal in Tamil
- dishonest person
- ராஸ்கல் rāskal
- cheeky person
- ராஸ்கல் rāskal, படவா paṭavā
rascal in Urdu
- حرام زادہ, پاجی, شریر
rascal in Bengali
- rascal, scoundrel
- গাঁইড়া gãiṛa
- rascal, rogue, wicked person
- দুষ্ট duśṭo
More languagesFewer languages
- rascal in Telugu
- ఆకతాయ ākatāya
- rascal in Malayalam
- തെമ്മാടി temmāṭi, നികൃഷ്ടൻ nikr̥ṣṭaṉ, പോക്കിരി pōkkiri
- rascal in Kannada
- ಅಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ನೀಚ, ದ್ರೋಹಿ, ದುಷ್ಟ
- rascal in Punjabi
- ਬਦਮਾਸ਼ badmāś, بدمعاش badmaʻāś, ਲੁੱਚਾ luccā
- rascal in Odia
- ଦୁର୍ଜନ
- rascal in Sinhala
- චණ්ඩියා caṇḍiyā
- rascal in Arabic
- مُشَاغِب mušāḡib
- rascal in Indonesian
- bajingan
- rascal in Persian
- قالتاق qâltâq
- rascal in Myanmar
- ငတေ nga.te
Examples of rascal in a sentence
- The rascal spewed forth a series of foul words.
- Don't cheek me, you little rascal!
- “You're a cowhearted rascal, that's sure, but you didn't try to use anything that belonged to me.
Synonyms of rascal
Forms of rascal
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rascals |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more rascal |
| superlative | most rascal |
Origin of rascal
Recorded since c.1330, as Middle English rascaile (“people of the lowest class, rabble of an army”), derived from 12th century Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”) (modern French racaille), perhaps from rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), from Vulgar Latin *rasicō (“to scrape”). The singular form is first attested in 1461; the present extended sense of "low, dishonest person" is from early 1586.
Words formed from rascal
Questions about rascal
- What does rascal mean?
- Rascal means a dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
- What is rascal in Hindi?
- Rascal in Hindi is दुष्ट (duṣṭ). See Rascal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rascal?
- Rascal can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce rascal?
- Rascal is pronounced /ˈɹɑːskl̩/ (UK).
- What is the plural of rascal?
- The plural of rascal is rascals.
Words near rascal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rascal (page history and authors); Rascal (page history and authors); rascal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); গাঁইড়া (Bengali) (page history and authors); ఆకతాయ (Telugu) (page history and authors); rascal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بدمعاش (Punjabi) (page history and authors); rascal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); චණ්ඩියා (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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