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dep en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of department.
   alt of department

Forms

dep en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

*Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep"

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of deposit.
   alt of deposit
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of departure.
   alt of departure
3. (countable, informal, uncountable) 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. (countable, informal, uncountable) A deputy.
   • [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:
5. (Canada, Quebec, countable, informal, uncountable) A dépanneur.
6. (countable, informal, uncountable) A dependency.

Forms

Relateds

sensory dep · sleep dep

dep en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

*Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep"

Meanings

1. depart or departs
2. (informal) To deputize.
   • 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:
3. deposed

Forms

Translations (1)

de aushelfen (To deputize)