meaning of devil
1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.
2. An evil spirit; a demon.
3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.
4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation.
5. A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
6. A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
7. A small water bird. See Dabchick.
8. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
9. To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
10. a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you
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