dep
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Clipping of department, originally slang from Imperial College, first attested c. 1930.[1]
NounEdit
dep (countable and uncountable, plural deps)
- Short for department.
Etymology 2Edit
- Abbreviation of several terms that begin with "dep".
- Clipping of several terms that begin with "dep".
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
dep (countable and uncountable, plural deps)
- Short for deposit.
- Short for departure.
- (law, informal) A deposition.
- Don't worry too much if they don’t give us everything we need in their rog answers; we'll fill the gaps in dep.
- (informal) A deputy.
- 1999, Alex Alexandrowicz, David Wilson, The Longest Injustice: The Strange Story of Alex Alexandrowicz
- [A]s soon as the door opened we could see it was the deputy governor coming through. […] We watched as the dep crossed the football field towards us.
- 1999, Alex Alexandrowicz, David Wilson, The Longest Injustice: The Strange Story of Alex Alexandrowicz
- (Canada, Quebec, informal) A dépanneur.
- (computing, informal) A dependency.
See alsoEdit
VerbEdit
dep (third-person singular simple present deps, present participle depping, simple past and past participle depped)
- (informal) To deputize.
- 2004, John Chilton, Who's Who of British Jazz: 2nd Edition (page 212)
- Regularly with Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band for almost a year in the late 1990s and later deputized in the band, including a tour of Denmark (2003), also depped in Chris Barber's Band for Swedish tour (2001).
- 2004, John Chilton, Who's Who of British Jazz: 2nd Edition (page 212)
VerbEdit
dep
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
dep m (plural deps)
Middle EnglishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
dep
- Alternative form of depe
AdverbEdit
dep
- Alternative form of depe