Definition of "dep"

dep¹

noun
countable and uncountable, plural deps
1. Short for department.

dep²

noun
countable and uncountable, plural deps
1. Short for deposit.
2. Short for departure.
3. (law, informal) A deposition.
4. (informal) A deputy.
  Quotations
  [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, informal) A dépanneur.
6. (computing, informal) A dependency.
verb
third-person singular simple present deps, present participle depping, simple past and past participle depped
1. (informal) To deputize.
  Quotations
  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
verb
1. depart or departs
2. deposed