| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The action or result of inflicting loss or pain: damage, detriment, harm, hurt, injury. See HELP. 2. Annoying yet harmless, usually playful acts: devilry, deviltry, diablerie, high jinks, impishness, mischievousness, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, tomfoolery. Informal : shenanigan (often used in plural). See GOOD. 3. One who causes minor trouble or damage: devil, imp, prankster, rascal, rogue, scamp. Informal : cutup. See GOOD.
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