Meaning & use
Varmints
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Wild animals considered troublesome or destructive, especially pests on farmland.
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The rancher set traps to keep varmints away from the henhouse.
Coyotes and other varmints have been raiding gardens all summer.
A note on using this word
Originally a dialectal alteration of "vermin," "varmint" is strongly associated with rural American English.
Words with a similar meaning
pestsvermin
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An informal, often affectionate term for a mischievous person.
That little varmint hid my keys again.
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