mischief.
Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
Meaning & usage
Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
Drink led to mischief.
A playfully annoying action.
John's mischief, tying his shoelaces together, irked George at first.
A nest or pack of mice or rats.
Harm or injury: Harm or trouble caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.
She had mischief in her heart.
Sooner or later he'll succeed in doing some serious mischief.
Harm or injury: An injury or an instance of harm or trouble caused by a person or other agent or cause.
It may end in her doing a great mischief to herself—and perhaps to others too.
A criminal offence defined in various ways in various jurisdictions, sometimes including causing damage to another's property.
A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.
The Devil; used as an expletive.
Casual and/or flirtatious sexual acts.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English myschef, meschef, meschief, mischef, from Old French meschief, from meschever (“to bring to grief”), from mes- (“badly”) + chever (“happen; come to a head”), from Vulgar Latin *capare, from Latin caput (“head”).
To do a mischief to; to harm.
To slander.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English myschefen, myscheven, from Old French meschever.
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