depn.
/dɛp/, U.S. /dɛp/ A person who stands in temporarily for another, esp. a musician in a band. Also: an instance of being such a temporary stand-in. Cf. dep v.
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1975 Jazz Jrnl. Nov. 41/2 If any of the big names are looking for a dep. on bass, they could well look to Mark Meggido.
1990 Jazz FM No. 1. 26/2 Kate Brooks says there are now enough qualified players, both in the band and standing in line as deps, to put two bands on the road.
2005 Rhythm Feb. 54/2 He had a regular gig and I did deps for that and ended up doing the gig once a week.
2014 @carefree1965 9 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Makes ya wonder how bad dancing on ice really is now! Is Robin Cousins gonna have a dep stand in for him?
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depv.
/dɛp/, U.S. /dɛp/ intransitive. To stand in temporarily for another person, esp. a musician in a band. Frequently with for. Cf. dep n.
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1956 Jazz Music Mag. May 35 Winners of the London Traditional Jazz Society's Jazzband contest at Holborn Hall was Bill Brunskill's Band, who had Dave Burns depping for clarinetest [sic] Ted Lucas.
1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 21 May 16 A phone-in followed by another one (the excellent Speaking Out, well done too by Austin Lafferty depping for the best voice on Scotland, Lesley Riddoch).
2003 C. Birch Turn again Home xvii. 223 What a boring night that was, another jazz session, Harry on stage depping with the Tailgaters and her sitting at a table with people she didn't know.
2016 Times (Nexis) 9 July (Sports section) 22 Even in defeat it was a good start for Surrey's locum overseas batsman, Aaron Finch, who is depping for Kumar Sangakkara.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1975v.1956