dep

See also: DEP, dép, dep., and đẹp

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of department, originally slang from Imperial College, first attested c. 1930.

Noun

dep (countable and uncountable, plural deps)

1. Short for department.

Etymology 2

• Abbreviation of several terms that begin with "dep".
• Clipping of several terms that begin with "dep".

Alternative forms

• dep.
• (Canada): dép, dép.

Noun

dep (countable and uncountable, plural deps)

1. Short for deposit.
2. Short for departure.
3. (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.

4. (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.

5. (Canada, Quebec, informal) A dépanneur.
6. (computing, informal) A dependency.

See also

• sensory dep
• sleep dep

Verb

dep (third-person singular simple present deps, present participle depping, simple past and past participle depped)

1. (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).

Verb

dep

1. depart or departs
2. deposed

Anagrams

• -ped, DPE, EDP, EPD, PDE, PED, Pde, ped

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French

Etymology

Verlan for pédé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛp/

Noun

dep m (plural deps)

1. (verlan) gay; faggot

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Middle English

Adjective

dep

1. Alternative form of depe

Adverb

dep

1. Alternative form of depe