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rep¹

  • /ɹɛp/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛp

Where it comes from

Clippings of various words beginning with rep.

noun reps

  1. abbreviation, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable Clipping of reputation.reputation Try not to make it easy for the tabloids to ruin your rep.
  2. abbreviation, clipping, countable Clipping of repetition.repetition Holonym: sets
  3. abbreviation, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable Clipping of representative.representative When I requested tickets for Nassau, my rep just put me on hold.
  4. abbreviation, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable Clipping of representation.representation This was the first episode of Degrassi I saw, and it was a formative episode. Why, might you ask? Not only because in 2003, there, again, wasn't much gay rep, but because of this interaction at the end of the episode that I stumbled upon, […]
  5. abbreviation, clipping, countable, uncountable Clipping of repertory.repertory She did her time in reps before she made the grade in West End theatre.
  6. abbreviation, clipping, countable, in compounds, uncountable Clipping of report.report […] and Henry Riser is still waiting for official casualty reps and family info on Doug Wheless.
  7. abbreviation, clipping, countable, slang, uncountable Clipping of replica.replica rep sneakers

verb reps · repping · repped

  1. ambitransitive, informal To represent; to act as a representative for. Bentley, the man who repped for Slade, carried the air and the rest joined in.
  2. informal To display as a representative example. Last year, Olivia famously went full-2000s at a Grammys after-party she attended with Paris Hilton, where she repped a bright blue butterfly dress featuring a plunging neckline and dramatic ruffles. Now, for her latest look, she's gone and repped another recognisable combination: silk trousers and a
  3. abbreviation Abbreviation of repeat.repeat Rep neck dec EOR 4 times more, AND AT THE SAME TIME, rep armhole dec EOR 4 (4,5) times more
  4. transitive To lift for multiple reps.

rep²

  • /ɹɛp/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛp

Where it comes from

Back-formation from reps, misinterpreted as a plural.

noun reps · repp

  1. countable, uncountable A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface. Underfoot is a rich brown marble from the shores of Lake Champlain. The wainscoting is of green rep and red Numidian marble.

Rep³

  • /ɹɛp/

Rhymes with -ɛp

noun Reps

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of Republican.Republican

REP⁴

proper noun

  1. US, abbreviation Abbreviation of Republican Party.Republican Party

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