devilling

Verb

Verb Forms: devil, deviled, devilled, deviling, devilling, devils

• Preparing food with pungent spices or tormenting someone.
• Preparing food, often minced, with pungent seasonings.
• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• coat or stuff with a spicy paste
• present participle and gerund of devil

Noun

• The pupillage of a prospective advocate or barrister.

Examples

• DEVILLING a tricky consonant cluster to form a long word is a Scrabble player’s art.
• She was devilling some ham for a snack while contemplating her next move in Scrabble.

Synonyms

annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex