Varmint (noun)
va-mint
(Chiefly US) an objectionable or undesirable animal, usually predatory, as a coyote or bobcat.
1530–40; variant of vermin (with regular outcome of Middle Englishĕr before consonant (cf. argal2, parson) and parasitic t)
Example sentences
“He could hardly believe the varmint was curled up on the chair.”
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