MISCHIEF, MISCHIEVOUS, MISCHIEVOUSLY
ADJECTIVES
1000 — BALEFUL full of malign, deadly, or noxious influence; pernicious, destructive, noxious, injurious, mischievous, malignant
1275 — FRACK — FRECK keen for mischief → obs.
1300 — MISDEEDY doing wrong; mischievous → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1460 — ILL-DEEDY — ILL-DEEDIE given to evil deeds; mischievous
1534 — SINISTRAL likely to cause mischief → obs.
1535 — EVIL-DEEDY given to evil deeds; mischievous
1541 — MISCHIEFFUL mischievous
1547 — OFFENDANT causing injury or mischief → obs.
1590 — WAGGISH playfully mischievous
1596 — UNCANNY unruly, mischievous, malicious → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1603 — ROGUISH playfully mischievous
1668 — SAD mischievous, troublesome, corrupt → sl.
1691 — HATTLE wild, skittish, mischievous; uncertain in temper; often used of a skittish cow → Eng. dial.
1691 — SCADDLE — SKADDLE wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog → Eng. dial.
1691 — SCATHY ravenous; mischievous; thievish → Eng. dial.
1760 — MALEFICENT mischievous, acting with evil intent or effect
1771 — SLY playfully mischievous or malicious; roguish, waggish
1773 — UNCANNIE of persons: not safe to meddle with, as supposedly being in league with supernatural forces or having skill in magic, witchcraft or the like, malignant, baleful, mischievous → Sc.
1786 — SKELPIE — SKELPY insolent, mischievous → Sc. obs.
1786 — UNCHANCY mischievous; dangerous; risky; not safe to meddle with → chiefly Sc.
1787 — LUNGEOUS of persons: rough-mannered, violent in play; spiteful, mischievous; ill-tempered → Eng. dial.
1790 — QUERTY — QUIRTY lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief → Sc. obs.
1800 — ILL-BREEDING concocting mischief
1800 — UNSONSY mischievous; disagreeable → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
..19C — ANGLE-EARED mischievous → Eng. dial.
..19C — ANOINTING — NINETING — NOINTING mischievous → Eng. dial.
1806 — PESTEROUS troublesome, given to pestering, teasing, mischievous → Amer. dial.
1813 — ELVISH irritable, spiteful, mischievous → Eng. dial.
1819 — AUVISH — AWVISH — HAWFISH silly, dull, stupid, clownish, mischievous → Eng. dial.
1819 — WANSONSY mischievous → Sc.
1822 — ILL-DEEDED mischievous, evilly disposed → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1825 — MISCHANCY unlucky; risky, dangerous; mischievous → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1836 — VILD unpleasant, disagreeable, portending evil or mischief, disgusting, filthy → Sc.
1846 — OWDACIOUS impertinent, mischievous, bold → colloq.
1864 — MISHTERFUL mischievous, full of mischief → Eng. dial.
1864 — NUT-CUT roguish, mischievous → Anglo-Indian
1869 — WAGSOME addicted to waggery; mischievous
1870 — PUCKISH mischievous, impish
1873 — ILL-TRICKED roguish, mischievous → Sc.
1873 — ILL-TRICKY mischievous, roguish → Sc.
1875 — GALLOWS mischievous, wild, impish, unmanageable, tiresome; impudent, saucy → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1876 — GADAMAN roguish, mischievous → Eng. dial. obs.
1880 — CALEERY light, vain, full of mischief → Sc. & Ireland
1880 — ILL-CONTRIVED ill-tempered, badly behaved, tricky, mischievous → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1880 — ILL-CONTRIVING ill-tempered, badly behaved, tricky, mischievous → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1880 — MALVERISH badly behaved, mischievous, bad-mannered → Sc.
1882 — LARKISH adj. fond of a lark or a piece of merriment or mischief; frolicsome, sportive → colloq.
1886 — MONKEY-DOODLE foolish, meddling, mischievous → US colloq.
1887 — ALFISH cross, fretful, mischievous, ill-natured, ‘elvish’ → Sc.
1887 — GALLOUS mischievous → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1887 — PLISKY given to playing tricks; tricky, mischievous, frolicsome → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1890 — ANNOINTED ripe for mischief, full of courage and energy for any desperate exploit → sl. (Bk.)
1891 — LOBSTROPOLOUS obstreperous, loud, noisy, mischievous → Eng. dial.
1892 — IDLE mischievous, full of fun; saucy; flippant; restless → Eng. dial.
1892 — RANK wild, uncontrollable, mischievous, cunning → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1894 — ILL-DONE wrong, mischievous, ill-advised → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1894 — RATCHETTY — RATCHETY noisy, roistering; pleasure-seeking, mischievous → Eng. dial.
1898 — AWF-STRUCKEN silly, dull, stupid, clownish, mischievous → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — BESPELT bewitched, mischievous → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — ILL-MAKING mischief-making → Sc.
1898 — NAZZLY bad-tempered; rude, mischievous → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — GAFTY sly, tricky, cunning, not to be trusted; mischievous, vicious → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C — CUNNING AS A WAGON-LOAD OF MONKEYS — CUNNING AS A WHOLE WAGON-LOAD OF MONKEYS very cunning, with a considerable admixture of mischievousness to go with it → colloq.
1902 — IMPY mischievous → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 — MIRACLE mischievous → Sc. (Bk.)
1903 — MIRACULOUS of a child: lively, mischievous, precocious → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 — MISCHANT bad, mischievous → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1903 — MISCHIEVOUS-BORN of a mischievous disposition → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — ILL-GAISHONED mischievous → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — ILL-PRATTIE roguish, mischievous → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — ILL-PROTTED roguish, mischievous → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — LIMMISH inclined to mischief → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MEDDLE-MAKING mischief-making, strife-sowing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MESSLIN extremely lively, mischievous → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — RONKISH precociously wanton, mischievous → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — UNLUCKY mischievous, troublesome → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — UNPOSSIBLE droll, mischievous, queer → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1919 — FULL OF JACK full of fun or mischief → Amer. dial.
1959 — FULL OF THE OLD NED mischievous, troublesome → Amer. dial.
1990 — FULL OF OLD NICK always making mischief → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
2005 — KILEERY full of mischief → Ireland (Bk.)
2006 — FULL OF THE DEVIL always making mischief → US sl. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1382 — LEWDLY wickedly, evilly, vilely, mischievously → obs.
NOUNS
..897 — NAUGHT wickedness, evil, moral wrong, mischief → obs.
1000 — BALE woe, mischief, harm, injury; in earlier use often: death, infliction of death
1000 — BALE-SITHE death, destruction; evil-doing, mischief; evil fortune, calamity → obs.
1200 — UNITHARF evil, mischief → obs.
1225 — QUED — QUEDE evil, mischief, harm → obs.
1275 — RUTH mischief; calamity; ruin → obs.
1300 — TORFER hardship, trouble, distress; harm, mischief, injury → obs.
1400 — DANGER mischief, harm, damage → obs.
1400 — NOIANCE annoyance, mischief, hurt, harm
1466 — BUSINESS mischievous or interfering activity; prying, officiousness → obs.
1470 — UNTROTH wickedness, mischief
1535 — DISHORT a mischief, injury; a disappointment → Sc.
1591 — MALEFICE an evil deed; mischief → obs.
1603 — MALICHO — MALLECHO mischief, wickedness → obs.
1603 — MICHING MALICHO — MICHING MALLECHO — MINCHIN MALACHO secret or underhand mischief
1604 — WAGGERY a piece of mischievous jesting; a practical joke
1607 — WAGSHIP waggery, waggishness, mischief, practical joking → obs.
1625 — WAGGISHNESS sportive mischief; jocularity of speech or behaviour
1626 — MAKEBATE the breeding of quarrels, mischief-making → obs.
1653 — MONKEY TRICK — MONKEY TRICKS a mischievous, foolish, or underhand trick or act; an antic
1786 — PLISKY a mischievous escapade; a trick, a prank; a practical joke; a frolic → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
..19C — CAGMAG a practical joke, mischief → Eng. dial.
1802 — LARK a frolicsome adventure; a spree; a piece of merriment or mischief; fun of any kind; a trick → colloq.
1816 — CANTRIP a trick, a frolic, a piece of mischief → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1817 — OLD NICK devilishness, mischief → US sl.
1822 — BARN’S-BREAKING a mischievous action; an idle frolic → Sc.
1825 — DISHORT a disappointment, a mischief, injury → Sc.
1835 — WAGS tricks, mischievous behaviour → Sc.
1839 — DEVILTRY mischief, teasing, frolicking, roguery, trickery, wickedness, devilry → Sc. & Amer. dial.
1844 — DEVILMENT mischief, teasing, frolicking, roguery, trickery → Amer. dial.
1855 — MIRSHTY — MURCHY mischief → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1855 — SHENANIGANS mischief; prankishness → Amer. colloq.
1859 — GALLOUSNESS — GALLOWSNESS — GALLUSNESS mischief, wantonness, love of mischief → Eng. dial.
1864 — MARLOCK a prank, frolic, a gambol, a lark; a playful trick, a practical joke; a piece of fun or mischief → Eng. dial.
1880 — CALEERINESS giddiness; fun; mischief → Sc. & Ireland
1883 — MONKEY BUSINESS mischief, foolishness → US sl.
1887 — JEEL damage, mischief → Eng. dial.
1890 — MISCHY mischief → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1894 — PANT a prank, a frolic, a ‘lark’, a piece of fun, a caper, a piece of boyish mischief → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1898 — MELANCHOLY mischief → Sc.
1898 — MONKEY WORK mischievous or underhanded activity, monkey business → Amer. dial.
1899 — SCADE — SKADE hurt, damage, harm, mischief → Sc.
1904 — SCADDLE confusion; mischief → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — HOYDER injury, mischief → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MEDDLE-MAKING mischief-making; strife-sowing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 — BLOIK mischief → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — NAAM a trick, a sign of an evil or mischievous disposition → Sc.
1932 — FLAPDOODLE mischief → Amer. dial.
1966 — CRACK fun, amusement; mischief → Ireland
1985 — MIFKY-PIFKY foolishness or mischief, esp. of a romantic or sexual nature; sexual activity; hanky panky → Amer. jocular usage
1994 — MOOFKY-POOFKY foolishness or mischief, esp. of a romantic or sexual nature; sexual activity; hanky panky → Amer. jocular usage
1996 — MOOFTY-POOFTY foolishness or mischief, esp. of a romantic or sexual nature; sexual activity; hanky panky → Amer. jocular usage
1997 — SCHMOOFKY-FOOFKY foolishness or mischief, esp. of a romantic or sexual nature; sexual activity; hanky panky → Amer. jocular usage
NOUNS – PERSON
1460 — PICKTHANK a mischief-maker or talebearer
1481 — WAIT-SCATHE a nickname for a perpetrator of mischief → obs.
1529 — MAKEBATE one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife; a mischief-maker; a quarrelsome person → arch.
1553 — WAG a mischievous boy; often used as a mother’s term of endearment to a baby boy; also, a youth, a young man; a fellow → obs.
1555 — JACKANAPES a playful term for a pert, forward child; a mischievous child; a ‘monkey’
1582 — SMATCHET a small, contemptible person; a mischievous, impudent, pert child; used as a term of contempt or dislike → Sc.
1584 — WAG a buffoon; a jester; a habitual joker; a merry droll; anyone ludicrously mischievous
1589 — MONKEY a mimic; a person who acts comically; a mischievous person; a rascal, a scamp
1593 — BREED-BATE one who breeds ‘bate’, or contention or strife; a quarrelsome person; one who incites to mischief → obs.
1593 — ROGUE a mischievous person, now esp. a child; frequently used as a playful term of reproof or reproach
1622 — WAG-PASTY a mischievous rogue; a rascal, an urchin; a term of contempt → obs.
1647 — HUSSY — HUZZY a badly-behaved, pert, or mischievous girl
1684 — SPRITE a diminutive, lively, or mischievous person; one likened to a sprite
1703 — RIDGEL a term of abuse applied to men; a sportive, mischievous lad → Eng. dial.
1718 — GILPEY — GILPIE — GILPY a young man or boy, esp. a lively, mischievous or impudent one; a roguish boy → Sc. obs.
1719 — BUCKIE — BUCKY a perverse or refractory person; a mischievous or lively boy → Sc.
1720 — GILPEY — GILPIE — GILPY a young girl, esp. a lively, mischievous, bold, saucy, or forward one; a tomboy → Sc. & Irish English, sometimes derogatory
1721 — WIDDIEFOO — WIDDIEFOW — WIDDIEFU — WIDDYFU a scoundrel; a scamp, a rogue, a mischievous person, a romp → Sc.
1752 — LIMMER a malevolent or mischievous woman → Sc.
1771 — IMP a mischievous brat; orig. a child → sl.
1773 — MONKEYRONY a dandy or fop; esp. a person who behaves mischievously like a monkey → colloq. obs., derogatory
1773 — VARMENT — VARMINT an objectionable or troublesome person; a mischievous child
1777 — VERMIN a term of abuse; also, applied playfully to a mischievous child → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1781 — KEDGE a mischievous child → Eng. dial.
1783 — HANIEL — HANNIEL a lout; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless, mischievous person; a general term of abuse → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1784 — TORMENT person who causes trouble, a mischievous person
1785 — TIKE — TYKE a mischievous, tiresome child or boy; a term of reproach applied half playfully to children → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1786 — HURCHEON a mischievous person; an urchin → Sc.
1789 — KAE — KAY a thievish, mischievous person → Sc.
1790 — BESOM — BISSOM — BIZZOM — BIZZUM a mischievous girl or young woman → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..19C — DUMMOCK a stupid or mischievous child → Eng. dial.
..19C — KNIDGET a mischievous, saucy boy or girl → Sc.
..19C — LAD a mischievous, tricky fellow → Anglo-Irish
..19C — RATTLE-SCAAP — RATTLE-SCAMP — RATTLE-SCAWP a frolicsome, mischievous person → Eng. dial.
..19C — TEAR-RAG a rude, boisterous child; a romp, one always getting into mischief and tearing his clothes → Eng. dial.
1804 — NICKUM — KNICKUM a scamp, a rogue, a mischievous boy → Sc.
1808 — TASSEY — TASSY — TAZIE — TAZZY a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1816 — DEVIL’S BUCKIE a mischievous, troublesome person; an imp → Sc.
1818 — KELP a mischievous young person → Sc.
1818 — KELPIE a mischievous young person → Sc.
1819 — LITTLE MONKEY a mischievous child → sl.
1819 — YOUNG MONKEY a mischievous child → sl.
1820 — SKELPIE — SKELPY an insolent or mischievous child, esp. a girl → Sc.
1825 — LARKER a person given to fun or mischief’; a frolicking rascal → sl.
1825 — MISCHIEF a troublesome, mischievous person → Sc.
1826 — FLIBBERTIGIBBET a person resembling the character so called in Scott’s ‘Kenilworth’: a person of grotesque appearance and restless manners; an impish-looking, mischievous, and flighty urchin
1828 — MICHIN a skulking boy, one who is sly in doing mischief → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1830 — BASTARD a term of reproach for a mischievous or worthless boy → Eng. dial.
1831 — BAD HAT a mischievous or wayward person; a rascal; a troublemaker; an habitual brawler; a dangerous person → sl.
1832 — MOONLIGHTER a person who engages in mischief, esp. criminal activity, at night → colloq.
1833 — BEGGAR a small or mischievous child or person, as ‘little beggar’
1833 — LARKIE — LARKY a person, esp. a young and mischievous one → Amer. dial.
1833 — NACKET a pert, forward, smart boy; a trifling little person; an insignificant person; a wicked, mischievous, or impertinent child; a precocious child → Sc.
1835 — LARK a person, esp. a young and mischievous one → Amer. dial.
1837 — WAGLING a little wag or mischievous person
1839 — YAP — YAUP — YEP — YIP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad → Eng. dial.
1844 — WITCH-CAT a mischievous, high-spirited person, esp. a child; a frolicsome girl, a roguish boy → Amer. dial.
1846 — HORROR a mischievous child → sl.
1846 — LITTLE HORROR a mischievous child → sl.
1846 — THREE-QUARTER CLIFT a mischievous fellow → Ireland
1848 — GAMINE a female gamin or street urchin; an attractively pert, mischievous, or elfish girl or young woman, usually small and slim, and with short hair
1848 — NIMSHI — NIMSHY a conceited fellow; a foolish fellow; a nincompoop; one who habitually acts in a foolish manner; a mischievous child → Amer. dial.
1848 — SCALAWAG — SCALLAWAG — SCALLOWAG — SCALLYWAG a disreputable or very mischievous fellow; a worthless, good-for-nothing, or contemptuous fellow; a good-tempered scamp; a ne’er-do-well; a scapegrace, a blackguard; a rascal; a naughty child
1850 — SKEESICK — SKEESUCKS — SKEEZACKS — SKEEZECKS — SKEEZICKS — SKEEZIX a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child → Amer. dial.
1851 — LIMB OF SATAN a wicked or mischievous person, esp. a child → Amer. dial.
1855 — BISPEL a term of reproach applied in general to young persons, and charging them with being mischievous rather than vicious → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1855 — DAD-OF-ALL-RINGTAILS those who are eminently mischievous, or of notorious character → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1856 — WIRLY-WARLY a mischievous child, a young scamp → Sc. jocular usage
1862 — SANCHO an unruly, mischievous child → Amer. dial.
1866 — KADDIE an ill-natured or mischievous person; a spoiled child → Sc.
1868 — LARRIKIN a mischievous or frolicsome youngster; a hooligan, a hoodlum, a rowdy → sl.
1870 — CLANG-BANGER a talebearer, a gossiping mischief-maker → Eng. dial.
1873 — PIZZIE a mischievous child → Sc.
1874 — DEVILSKIN a mischievous, tiresome person; a humorous term of reproach → Eng. dial.
1876 — SCAMPERIL a scampish juvenile; a mischievous child → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1880 — LIMMER a mischievous boy → Sc.
1882 — BITTER-WEED a bad-tempered, unruly, mischievous person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1882 — CUT-UP a person who ‘cuts up’ or capers; one who behaves in a mischievous or unruly manner
1883 — PECK’S BAD BOY a mischievous boy → sl., chiefly US
1884 — ANOINTER a scapegrace, a complete rogue or rascal, a mischievous fellow → Eng. dial.
1884 — NINETER a scapegrace, a mischievous fellow, a rascal → Eng. dial.
1886 — NABBLER a gossip; a mischief-maker; an argumentative, captious person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1887 — A REAL LADDIE BOY a mischievous, lively boy → Eng. dial.
1887 — TAW a mischievous person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1888 — YOUNG IMP a mischievous boy; a young rascal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1888 — YOUNG RASCAL a common name for a mischievous boy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1890 — MALLEKO a mischief-maker → gypsy usage (Bk.)
1891 — AZZALD a peevish, wayward, mischievous child → Eng. dial.
1892 — BILDERT a term of contempt; a slightly mischievous, irresponsible youth; a rascal → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1892 — TASTRILL a saucy, impudent child; one who is badly behaved; a mischievous character; a cunning rogue, a rascal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1893 — NOINTER a mischievous child; a brat → Eng. dial. & Aust. sl.
1893 — WIRL — WIRRAL — WROW — WURL a mischievous child, a young scamp → Sc. jocular usage
1893 — YOUNG DUMMILL a stupid or mischievous child → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1894 — LITTLE TYKE a mischievous child → sl.
1895 — HELLER an energetic and aggressive person, esp. one who is mischievous and menacing → US students’ sl.
1896 — NAZARD — NAZART — NAZZART — NAZZET a peevish, wayward, mischievous child → Eng. dial.
1897 — TAR — TARR a mischievous character; esp. used of a child → Eng. dial.
1898 — APE a mischievous, troublesome child → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — AUPS — AWPS a wayward, mischievous child → Eng, dial. (Bk.)
1898 — AZZARD a peevish, wayward, mischievous child → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — BITTER-WEED a bad-tempered, unruly, mischievous person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — CAR-TALE a talebearer; a mischief-maker → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — JACKI-NAPES a mischievous lad → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — NIT a small, mischievous person → Sc.
1899 — KAIL CASTER — KALE-CASTER a mischievous person who throws stalks of kail, cabbage, etc. down chimneys for sport → Sc.
1900 — DOG-ROGUE a mischievous child → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — GOODSPOON a mischievous child, a ne’er-do-well → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C — LARKY-BOY a mischief-maker → Irish sl.
..20C — CALEERY a giddy, hysterical person; a mischievous, scatterbrained, overexcitable person → Ireland
1902 — CAPTAIN a leader in mischief or fun; a person given to carrying jokes or fun to extremes → Amer. dial.
1903 — MIRACLE a contemptuous term of a mischievous boy → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — MESSLIN a lively, mischievous person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — NAINTER a scapegrace; a mischievous fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — NARCHER a lad, generally one of mischievous disposition → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — RAGGIL a rascal, a scoundrel; a worthless vagabond; a careless or mischievous person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — SCHNICKLEFRITZ — SNICKELTYFRITZ — SNICKETYFRITZ — SNICKLEFRITZ — SNIGGLEFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly → Amer. dial.
1905 — TAGGELT a mischievous little child → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TAISTRILRIG a mischievous, wicked person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TARGER a person of bad or eccentric character; a rough fellow; a mischievous person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TARRAS a troublesome, mischievous lad → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TILE an audacious thief; a mischievous person, esp. applied to young people → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1907 — HESSIAN an unruly or mischievous child → Amer. dial.
1911 — BRATCHART — BRATCHET a pert, mischievous child; a silly person; a true lover → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — SKITE a small, cute or mischievous person → Amer. dial.
1912 — BOOGER a mischievous child → Amer. dial.
1913 — HUSSIAN a troublesome, mischievous child → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1914 — LITTLE SKEEZICKS — LITTLE SKEEZUCKS a mischievous child, gen. endearing usage → Amer. dial.
1914 — TARESTRIL a mischievous child → Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1914 — YOUNG HESSIAN — YOUNG HUSSIAN a troublesome, mischievous child → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1916 — JADEHOPPER a lewd or vicious woman; also, one who is only mischievous and lively → Amer. dial.
1920 — MALISON a mischievous child → Sc.
1923 — TAISTREL a mischievous boy; a rascal; scoundrel → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1924 — FIXEN a vixen; a rascal, a mischievous person → Amer. dial.
1930 — LITTLE MONKEY a mischievous person; a rascal, a scamp
1931 — CATBIRD a mischievous, sly or cunning person → Amer. dial.
1934 — SCUDDER — SCUTTER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person → Amer. dial.
1935 — LITTLE PERISHER — PERISHER a mischievous child → sl.
1936 — MESS a witty, clever, or mischievous person; an objectionable or foolish person; an unruly or incorrigible person → Amer. dial.
1939 — BADDIE an unpleasant person, spec. a criminal, a hoodlum, a tough guy; a mischievous person → sl.
1939 — SANNUP a scamp; a mischievous boy → Amer. dial.
1942 — PUCK a mischievous or difficult child → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1959 — KEEKUM a mischievous little child → Sc.
1966 — GRAND RASCAL a mischievous or misbehaving child → Amer. dial.
1968 — CHEEKY CHOPS a cheeky or mischievous person
1970 — BLISTER a mischievous child → US sl. (Bk.)
1974 — YARD APE an unruly, mischievous, or physically active child; a nickname for such a child → Amer. dial.
1982 — HEIFER a mischievous child → Amer. dial.
1982 — JACKABAUN a mischievous person not to be trusted → Newfoundland sl.
2014 — BANDAR an impudent or mischievous man or boy → Hindi
VERBS
1393 — MISCHIEVE to do a mischief to; to hurt → obs. exc. Sc.
1579 — PLAY THE BEAR to do mischief; to cause severe harm, damage, or disruption
1585 — PLAY THE WAG to be mischievous; to play tricks
..17C — BESORE to vex, to annoy, to molest, to cause mischief to → obs.
.M17 — GIVE OLD HARRY to play the devil, to make mischief; to tease or scold → sl.
1775 — CUT UP A CAPER to behave in a mischievous or frolicsome manner → US
..19C — PLAY THE HANGMENT to injure, to play havoc or the mischief with → Eng. dial.
1824 — AIRT to encourage or incite to mischief or wrongdoing → Sc.
1837 — PLAY OLD HARRY WITH to play the devil or the mischief with; to work mischief upon; to ruin
1846 — CUT UP SHINES to behave in a mischievous or frolicsome manner → US
1857 — LARK ABOUT — LARK AROUND to enjoy oneself doing silly or mischievous things
1869 — ACT LIKE SANCHO of a child: to act in an unruly or mischievous way; to misbehave → Amer. dial.
1873 — GET AWAY WITH THE BAGGAGE to escape detection in or to avoid the consequences of mischief or wrongdoing → Amer. sl.
1883 — PUT THE CAT IN THE CHURN to play a trick; to do mischief → Sc.
1884 — MONKEY AROUND to behave mischievously or aimlessly → Amer. colloq.
1889 — MONKEY ABOUT to behave mischievously or aimlessly
1898 — BLOW A COAL to make mischief or sow dissension between neighbours → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — CAFFLE to gossip and make mischief → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — BE THE DAD OF ALL RING-TAILS to excel in mischief, to be the ringleader → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — DEVIL AROUND to seek mischief; to try to annoy; to lead a loose life → Amer. dial.
1904 — SCAMP to play mischievous tricks → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — MAKE WORK to make mischief → Eng, dial. (Bk.)
1905 — RAMBLE ABOUT to idle about; to get into mischief → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1933 — CUT THE FOOL to joke around; to behave mischievously, to act up → Amer. dial.