Definition of "varmint" []

• Informal One that is considered undesirable, obnoxious, or troublesome. (noun)

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• "One ugly varmint is knocked out, only to be replaced by another one."
• "There are two advantages to frangibility in varmint bullets."
• "In 1973 an American naturalist spent a few nights in a tree, blowing solos on a small unmusical instrument known as a varmint call."