Usually means: Small, mischievous demons or sprites.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. imps: Merriam-Webster
  2. imps: Collins English Dictionary
  3. imps: Vocabulary.com
  4. Imp's, Imps, imp's, imps: Wordnik
  5. imps: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. imps: Wiktionary
  7. imps: Dictionary.com
  8. IMPS: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. imps: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Beginners' Bridge Glossay (No longer online)
  2. Encyclopedia Mythica (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. imps: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. imps: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. IMPS: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. IMPs: Fifthchair Bridge

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Definitions from Wiktionary (IMP)

verb:  (obsolete) To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.).
verb:  (figuratively, archaic) To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.
verb:  (falconry, veterinary medicine) To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird, or a bird's wing or tail.
verb:  (by extension)
verb:  (figuratively, from sense 3) To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar.
verb:  To add to or unite an object with (something) to lengthen the latter out or repair it; to eke out, enlarge, strengthen.
noun:  (chiefly fiction and mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2).
noun:  (by extension)
noun:  (often humorous) A mischievous child.
noun:  A baby Tasmanian devil.
noun:  (British, colloquial) A supporter (or less commonly, a player) of the Lincoln City Football Club.
noun:  (obsolete)
noun:  A young shoot of a plant, a tree, etc.; a sapling; also, a part of a plant used for grafting; a graft.
noun:  An offspring or scion, especially of a noble family; (generally) a (usually male) child; a (young) man.
noun:  (British, dialectal) Something added to or united with another to lengthen it out or repair it (such as an eke or small stand on which a beehive is placed, or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line).
noun:  (video games, slang) Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”)
noun:  (biochemistry) Initialism of inosine monophosphate.
noun:  (biochemistry) Initialism of integral membrane protein. [(biochemistry) A protein (or assembly of proteins) that is permanently attached to a biological membrane.]
noun:  (Canada, military, food) Initialism of individual meal package.
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