(usu the Devil) the supreme spirit of evil in Jewish and Christian belief
a malignant spirit; a demon
an extremely cruel or wicked person; a fiend
a high-spirited or, reckless, or energetic person
informal a person of the specified type
a lucky devil
(the devil) informal something provoking, difficult, or trying
used as an interjection or intensive
What the devil is that?
dated, informal a junior legal counsel working without payment to gain experience
= printer's devil
any of various machines or devices, e.g. a paper shredder
faced with two equally unwelcome alternatives
to give desired credit to an opponent or an unpleasant person
to fail completely; to be ruined
to become depraved
said in anger, rejection, etc: to go away
informal with great speed, intensity, etc
to cause damage or disruption to (something)
said when a person just spoken of appears unexpectedly
[from the proverb talk of the devil and he's sure to appear]a lot of trouble
[probably connected with medieval notions of a person making a pact with Satan, as in the Faust story.]