From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Folkloreimpimp /ɪmp/ noun [countable]1BAD PERSONa child who behaves badly, but in a way that is funny2RFa small creature in stories who has magic powers and behaves very badly →impishExamples from the Corpusimp• And yet, underneath that veneer of stoicism there lay a deviousimp.• They leaped about in the form of imps, black baby devils.• He's dressing up as the Lincoln Imp; the originalimp is a carving in Lincoln cathedral.• Yet a devil was loose somewhere, a restlessimp had slipped into her and would not be harried or prayed out.• Kappa, the amphibiousriverimp.• The imp of hell appeared on closer examination to be a neglected child.• Or I should say the weeimp ran into me.OriginimpOld Englishimpa