dev

¹

[dev]

noun

1. a software developer.

   a game dev;

   a web dev.

adjective

1. software development.

   The programmers and animators on the dev team worked late into the night.

dev.

²

abbreviation

1. development.

2. deviation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dev¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

“Ben Herbert found Dev,” Harbaugh said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Dev’s someone who’s going to support you, but he’s going to tell it like it is,” Chargers receiver Ladd McConkey said.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’ll be running a route, and Dev’s over there with his phone recording me. Then we’ll look at it in slo-mo and break it down.”

From Los Angeles Times

Yet over time, the album — which Jepsen made with a host of hip producers and songwriters including Rostam, Ariel Rechtshaid and Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes — became a cult favorite beloved for its squirmy ’80s R&B grooves and its tone of unabashed yearning.

From Los Angeles Times

Conor Kehoe, 33, was watching television with his fiancee Manisha Dev, 32, in Braintree when they heard "a very loud bang that shook the room".

From BBC