A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
A barren, unproductive and unused area.
A Tasmanian devil.
A printer's assistant. Also (India) "a poltergeist that haunts printing works".
A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
A dust devil.
A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
Hell.
A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
The chief devil; Satan.
To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
To annoy or bother.
To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
A naughty or mischievous person, especially a child.
A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.
A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.
The weight of a pile driver or drop hammer.
The person in the motorcycle sidecar in sidecar racing.
Any simian primate other than hominids, any monkey or ape.
A black, a black person.
Synonym of idiot: a person of minimal intelligence.
Synonym of five hundred, especially (Britain) 500 pounds sterling or (US, dated) 500 dollars.
A menial employee who does a repetitive job supposedly requiring minimal intelligence.
A dance popularized by Major Lance in 1963, now usually only its upper-body dance move involving exaggerated drumming motions.
Synonym of puppet: a person dancing to another's tune, a person controlled or directed by another.
A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
Synonym of uggo: an unattractive person, especially one whose face supposedly resembles a monkey's.
The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.
A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.
Synonym of face card.
To meddle; to mess (with).
To mimic; to ape.