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hellion

noun

hel·​lion ˈhel-yən How to pronounce hellion (audio)
: a troublesome or mischievous person

Example Sentences

My children can act like little hellions when they're bored. the little hellions were tearing through the house squirting their water pistols
Recent Examples on the Web After a long walk in the woods, Honda’s luxury brand has returned to its sporty roots and brought back its famed entry-level hellion for the compact luxury segment. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022 From luxury sedan to hellion at the touch of a button, rear-drive mode, 10.8-second quarter. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 20 Oct. 2021 Indeed, the Type S bears no similarity to the Civic Type R, Honda’s halo hellion. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2021 Honda is expert at putting torque to the road in front-wheel-drive cars (see the 292-horse Civic Type R hellion), and Accord’s no different. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 31 July 2021 The group agrees to answer Mary’s murder by burning a shipment of munitions at Lord Massen’s factory, an uninspiring retaliation suggested by Lucy, who’s usually more of a hellion. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 May 2021 For the next 32 years, in photographs and two films (directed by her husband, Martin Bell ), Mark chronicled Tiny’s development from streetwise hellion, to teen prostitute and drug addict, to struggling mother of 10 children. Richard B. Woodward, WSJ, 1 May 2021 My younger kid, Dan, was a bit of a hellion, who, classically, Resisted Authority. Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2021 Contributor John Pearley Huffman, who was a little under the weather this week and not his shouty self, selected a 464-hp hellion: a primo Cadillac ATS-V sedan. Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 5 Feb. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

probably alteration (influenced by hell) of hallion scamp

First Known Use

1787, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hellion was in 1787

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