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devil verb To annoy, tease, torment, provoke. [DARE labels this usage “chiefly South, Midland”]
1861 Lance CW Letters (April 28) you no a man can bee deviled out of his life by a foole. 1895 Edson and Fairchild TN Mts 371 Johnny, quit devilin’ the cat. 1937 Hall Coll (Cades Cove TN) I don’t want to be deviled with it. 1979 Preacher Cook 199 They caught a rattlesnake and deviled it all week just to make it ill. 2005 Williams Gratitude 489 To tease, or “aggervate” somebody in a playful way is to “devil ‘em.” One favorite way men had of devilin’ one another was to tell tales or lies on each other—so outlandish that nobody in their right mind could believe them.