dev

[ dev ]

/ dɛv /

Informal.

a software developer: a game dev;a web dev.

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

QUIZZES

It’d be a real faux pas to miss this quiz on the words from August 3–9, 2020!

Question 1 of 7

What does “vacillate” mean?

by shortening

dev.

development.

deviation.

Dev is Indian, so they (obviously) go to an Indian restaurant.
The 7 Most Ridiculous Moments From ‘Smash’ Season 1 (VIDEOS)|Kevin Fallon|February 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Dev Patel loitered around another corridor, waiting for his plugged-in phone to charge.
My Night at the Golden Globe Awards|Ramin Setoodeh|January 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In one place he is called Adeva, the "enemy of the gods," an epithet exactly equivalent to the Persian dev.
Myths and Myth-Makers|John Fiske
"What the dev—" gasped Quentin, barely able to distinguish the form of a man at the door.
Castle Craneycrow|George Barr McCutcheon

Julian, where did you get that angel and that dev—I beg pardon, that extraordinary pair of beauties?
The Mystery of Evelin Delorme|Albert Bigelow Paine
But an evil demon (Dev) was sent to them by Ahriman, the representative of everything noxious and sinful.
Bible Romances|George W. Foote
That would be difficult, I know, for Joey C. is sly, dev'lish sly.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 20, 1893|Various