devil : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a ritual dance of the Apache
  

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• noun a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
  viper's bugloss; blue thistle; blue devil; Echium vulgare; blueweed.
  
• noun the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
  blue; blue angel; Amytal; blue devil; amobarbital sodium.
  

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• noun a state of depression
  vapours; blues; vapors; megrims.
  
  • he had a bad case of the blues
• noun a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
  viper's bugloss; blue thistle; blue devil; Echium vulgare; blueweed.
  
• noun the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
  blue; blue angel; Amytal; blue devil; amobarbital sodium.
  

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• apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low spirits. "Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?" Thackeray.

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• a small hollow glass figure, used in connection with a jar of water having an elastic top, to illustrate the effect of the compression or expansion of air in changing the specific gravity of bodies.

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• noun annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
  common unicorn plant; ram's horn; Proboscidea louisianica; elephant-tusk; common devil's claw; proboscis flower.
  

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Dare"-dev`il noun

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1. A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.

   A humorous dare-devil -- the very man To suit my prpose. Ld. Lytton.

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• (Zoöl.), one of two or more South African drongo shrikes (Edolius retifer, and E. remifer), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery.

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• noun a member of the United States Marine Corps
  shipboard soldier; Marine; leatherneck.
  

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• noun trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
  Cynodon dactylon; Bermuda grass; doob; Bahama grass; star grass; kweek; scutch grass.
  

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• noun east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals
  Lilium lancifolium; tiger lily; kentan.
  

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• reckless, defiant of authority; used adjectively. Longfellow.

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• noun a stinging herb of tropical America
  tread-softly; pica-pica; Cnidoscolus urens; spurge nettle; Jatropha urens; Jatropha stimulosus.
  

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• noun small manta (to 4 feet) that travels in schools
  Mobula hypostoma.
  

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• noun evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
  dita bark; Alstonia scholaris; dita.
  

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• worship of the power of evil; still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power.

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• noun someone who worships devils
  

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• noun someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument
  

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• noun a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers
  Mandragora officinarum; mandrake.
  

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• (Bot.), the large kelp (Laminaria saccharina, and L. longicruris) of the Atlantic ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat like an apron.

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• noun a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae
  

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• noun annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
  common unicorn plant; ram's horn; Proboscidea louisianica; elephant-tusk; common devil's claw; proboscis flower.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The black rove beetle (Ocypus olens). Eng. (b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect (Prionotus cristatus); the wheel bug. U.S.

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• noun common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
  old man's beard; Clematis virginiana; virgin's bower.
  
• noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
  dragonfly; snake doctor; sewing needle; mosquito hawk; skeeter hawk; snake feeder; darning needle.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See under Darn, v. t.

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• noun any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America
  prickly poppy; white thistle; argemone.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the common British starfish (Asterias rubens); also applied to a sponge with stout branches. Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.

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• noun common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
  Linaria vulgaris; wild snapdragon; toadflax; butter-and-eggs.
  

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• noun very dark chocolate cake
  devil's food.
  

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• noun very dark chocolate cake
  devil's food.
  

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• noun an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States
  petty spurge; Euphorbia peplus.
  
• noun not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun
  Euphorbia helioscopia; wartwort; wartweed; sun spurge.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the American mantis (Mantis Carolina).

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• noun foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
  umbrella arum; Amorphophallus rivieri; snake palm.
  

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• noun white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran
  white bryony; Bryonia alba.
  

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• noun a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae
  

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• noun small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
  Aralia spinosa; Hercules'-club; American angelica tree.
  

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• noun tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
  Tribulus terestris; caltrop.
  

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Dev"il-div`er, Dev"il bird` noun (Also<

• Devil-diver
• Devil bird

)

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1. (Zoöl.) A small water bird. See Dabchick.

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• adjective satellite cheerfully irresponsible
  harum-scarum; slaphappy; carefree; happy-go-lucky; freewheeling.
  
  • carefree with his money
  • freewheeling urban youths
  • had a harum-scarum youth
• adjective satellite marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
  rakish; raffish.
  
  • a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore

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• noun the acts or rites of worshiping devils
  demonolatry; diabolatry.
  

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• noun halved hard-cooked egg with the yolk mashed with mayonnaise and seasonings and returned to the white
  stuffed egg.
  

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• a hard-boiled egg, sliced into halves and with the yolk removed and replaced with a paste, usually made from the yolk and mayonnaise, seasoned with salt and/or spices such as paprika.

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• noun a miniature whirlwind strong enough to whip dust and leaves and litter into the air
  

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• noun European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States; locally troublesome weeds
  yellow hawkweed; Hieracium praealtum.
  

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• adverb with great speed or effort or intensity
  like sin; like crazy; like mad; like thunder; like hell.
  
  • drove like crazy
  • worked like hell to get the job done
  • ran like sin for the storm cellar
  • work like thunder
  • fought like the devil

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• noun erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
  Lambertia formosa; honeyflower; honey-flower.
  
• noun desert lizard that feeds on ants
  spiny lizard; Moloch horridus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the fellbender.

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• . (Zoöl.) Same as Tasmanian devil, under Devil.

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• noun someone you feel sorry for
  wretch.
  

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• noun an apprentice in a printing establishment
  

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• the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." Macaulay.

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• . See under Devil, and Gauge.

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• noun barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions
  Seconal; secobarbital; secobarbital sodium.
  

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• noun alternatively placed in genus Martynia
  Martynia arenaria; Proboscidea arenaria.
  

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Sea" dev`il

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1. (Zoöl.) (a) Any very large ray, especially any species of the genus Manta or Cepholoptera, some of which become more than twenty feet across and weigh several tons. See also Ox ray, under Ox. (b) Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Architeuthis). See Devilfish. (c) The angler.

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• noun a cruel woman
  

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• verb mention someone's name who just then appears
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See under Devil.

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• noun small ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black coat and long tail
  ursine dasyure; Sarcophilus hariisi.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus, ∨ Diabolus, ursinus).

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• noun something difficult or awkward to do or deal with
  
  • it will be the devil to solve

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• a drumming with the fingers or feet. "Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot heels." F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.).

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• . (Zoöl.) See Moloch, 2.

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• to molest extremely; to ruin. Low

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• to cause a great disturbance; to make great trouble. Slang

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Wa"ter dev"il

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1. (Zoöl.) The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle.

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