devil
/ˈdɛvəl/ verb C2- To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
- To annoy or bother.
- To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
- To ghostwrite; to author while working as a ‘devil’.
- To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy
- To finely grind (cooked ham or other meat) with spices and condiments.
- To prepare (shelled halved boiled eggs, as a sidedish) by removing the yolks, adding condiments and spices to them, and placing that mixture back into (the halved eggs' whites) to be served.
- To shred fabric into its fibres for recycling, as in the production of mungo or shoddy.
He/she/it devils · Past deviled · Past participle deviled · -ing form deviling
Verb forms
- Base form
- devil
- He/she/it
- devils
- Past
- deviled
- Past participle
- deviled
- -ing form
- deviling
From the library
No one could swear to his face, poor devil!
Do you say that no one can ever get level with this king devil?”
“Poor devil!” he said, commiseratingly, after he had listened to my misfortunes.
I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather—that is, when the fit is on me, for I can be spry enough at times.”
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