Definitions for go-devil

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go-devil go-dev·il

Spelling: [goh-dev-uh l]

IPA: /ˈgoʊˌdɛv əl/

Go-Devil is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 173 anagrams from letters in go-devil (-degilov).

Definitions for go-devil

noun

1. a flexible, jointed apparatus forced through a pipeline to free it from obstructions.
2. a dart dropped into a well, especially an oil well, to explode a charge of dynamite or nitroglycerin previously placed in a desired position.
3. Railroads. a handcar.
4. a sled used to drag or carry logs, stone, etc.
5. Also called sled cultivator. a cultivator that rides on wooden runners and is used on listed furrows.
6. Western U.S. any exceptionally fast or effective machine or appliance:

Origin of go-devil

An Americanism dating back to 1825-35

Examples for go-devil

Generally get some visiting lady, when there's one round, to drop the go-devil.

Well, this is running your westing down if anybody should ride up in a go-devil and ask you.

Just find a good place where you can see her when she shoots, and I'll drop the go-devil.

At night the Monarch was released from the “go-devil” and secured only by his chains to a large tree.

Maybe you're broke and know you'll have to work like a go-devil when you get here!

A traveling primer or "go-devil squib" was then prepared as follows: A tin cone, 14 in.

The "go-devil," shown in Fig. 14, is another common device for collecting prunings.