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Mischief Brew — Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Genres Anarcho punk, folk punk Years active 2000 Present Labels Fistolo Records, Gunner Records, Art Of The Underground … Wikipedia
Mischief — Mis chief (m[i^]s ch[i^]f), n. [OE. meschef bad result, OF. meschief; pref. mes (L. minus less) + chief end, head, F. chef chief. See {Minus}, and {Chief}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mischief-maker — mischief makers N COUNT (disapproval) If you say that someone is a mischief maker, you are criticizing them for saying or doing things which are intended to cause trouble between people. The letter had come from an unknown mischief maker. Syn:… … English dictionary
mischief — (n.) c.1300, evil condition, misfortune, need, want, from O.Fr. meschief misfortune, harm, trouble; annoyance, vexation (12c., Mod.Fr. méchef), verbal noun from meschever come or bring to grief, be unfortunate (opposite of achieve), from mes… … Etymology dictionary
mischief — [mis′chif] n. [ME meschief < OFr < meschever, to come to grief < mes (see MIS 1) + chever, come to a head < chief, end, head (see CHIEF)] 1. harm, damage, or injury, esp. that done by a person 2. a cause or source of harm, damage, or… … English World dictionary
mischief — n. 1) to cause, do, make mischief 2) to be up to, get into mischief 3) malicious mischief 4) out of mischief (to stay out of mischief; to keep children out of mischief) 5) full of mischief 6) up to mischief * * * [ mɪstʃɪf] do get into mischief… … Combinatory dictionary
mischief — [[t]mɪ̱stʃɪf[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Mischief is playing harmless tricks on people or doing things you are not supposed to do. It can also refer to the desire to do this. The little lad was a real handful. He was always up to mischief... Boys at that… … English dictionary
Mischief — For other uses, see Mischief (disambiguation). H. Brückner, Mischief (1874) Mischief is a vexatious or annoying action, or, conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance. Young children, when they hear of mischief, think of practical… … Wikipedia
mischief — mis|chief [ mıstʃıf ] noun uncount behavior or play, especially of children, that causes trouble but not serious harm to other people: be up to/get up to mischief (=do something bad): The boys are always up to some kind of mischief! get into… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mischief — UK [ˈmɪstʃɪf] / US noun [uncountable] behaviour or play, especially of children, that causes trouble but not serious harm to other people be up to/get up to mischief (= do something bad): The boys are always up to some mischief or other. get into … English dictionary
