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To pester with importunities. Also: To chop (food) fine and mix with hot seasoning or sauce usually after cooking.

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Usage examples (34)
  • Noun : The poor devil kept losing jobs through no fault of his own. ,What the devil do you mean by that?
  • Verb (used with object) : to devil Mom and Dad for a new car. ,to devil eggs
  • 18 hr 23 min ago, -0/+4There's a reason they're called deviled eggs.
  • 19 hr 37 min ago, -1/+11 There's a reason they're called deviled eggs.
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