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NEP¹

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of New Economic Policy
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of National Energy Program
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of National Election Pool
  4. UK, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of North East Party

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of noise-equivalent power
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of nanosatellite engineering professional
  3. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of non-English proficient

nep²

  • /nɛp/

Rhymes with -ɛp

Where it comes from

From Middle English neppe, nepe, nepte, nept, from Old English nepte, nefte, from Latin nepeta. Compare Dutch neppe, nippe (“catnip”). Doublet of nepeta.

noun neps · nip

  1. uncountable, usually Catmint, catnip; Nepeta cataria. Nep is generally used for women to procure their courses, being taken inwardly or outwardly, either alone or with other convenient herbs in a decoction to bathe them, of sit over the hot fumes thereof.

nep³

  • /nɛp/

Rhymes with -ɛp

Where it comes from

Perhaps a variant of nap for knap, from Middle English knep, kneppe, knappe, a conflation of Old English cnep, cnæp, cnæpp (“top, knop, summit”) and Old Norse knappr (“knob”), both from Proto-Germanic *knappaz, *knappô (“knob”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnebʰ- (“to press, tighten”), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to pinch, squeeze, bend, press together, ball”). Compare also Old Norse hnappr (“button”). Related to knob.

noun neps

  1. A knot in a fibre. The neps appear as small dense areas or spots when compared to the surrounding fibers.

verb neps · nepping · nepped

  1. UK, dialectal, intransitive Of cotton: to form knots.

nep⁴

  • /nɛp/

Rhymes with -ɛp

Where it comes from

Clipping of nepotist.

noun neps

  1. US, derogatory, slang One who engages in nepotism, usually to the one who benefits from it.

Nep⁵

noun Neps

  1. derogatory, ethnic, informal, offensive, slur Nepali Nepali job. Hundred and one per cent a Nep job. You've seen some of the crime they're responsible for. I tell you, these guys are fucking crazy. […] Ninety-nine per cent of this kind of crime, at least in Delhi, is done by Neps.

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@misc{nep_2026,
  title = {nep},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nep},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}