From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he chased the young hellions out of his yard" [syn: {heller}, {devil}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "hellion": Baba Yaga, Lilith, Mafioso, Young Turk, afreet, barghest, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, bomber, bruiser, brute, cacodemon, daeva, demon, devil, dragon, dybbuk, evil genius, evil spirit, fiend, fiend from hell, fire-eater, firebrand, fury, genie, genius, ghoul, goon, gorilla, gun, gunsel, gyre, hardnose, hatchet man, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhound, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hothead, hotspur, incendiary, incubus, jinni, jinniyeh, killer, lamia, mad dog, madcap, monster, mug, mugger, muscle man, plug-ugly, rakshasa, rapist, revolutionary, rodman, roughneck, satan, savage, she-wolf, shedu, spitfire, strong-arm man, succubus, termagant, terror, terrorist, the undead, tiger, tigress, torpedo, tough, tough guy, trigger man, ugly customer, vampire, violent, virago, vixen, wild beast, witch, wolf, yogini
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