rep

See also rep.

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɹɛp/
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Etymology 1

Abbreviations.

Noun

rep (plural reps)

1. (uncountable) Short form of reputation.

   Try not to make it easy for the tabloids to ruin your rep.

2. (weightlifting, countable): Short form of repetition.

   I get a better bicep workout if I use less weight and more reps.

3. (countable) Short form of representative.

   When I requested tickets for Nassau, my rep just put me on hold.

   John Doe is a participant in the House of Reps.

4. Short form of repertory.

   She did her time in reps before she made the grade in West End theatre.

5. (knitting) repeat
   • 2011, Hannah Fettig, Closely Knit: Handmade Gifts For The Ones You Love (page 44)

     Rep neck dec EOR 4 times more, AND AT THE SAME TIME, rep armhole dec EOR 4 (4,5) times more

Verb

rep (third-person singular simple present reps, present participle repping, simple past and past participle repped)

1. To represent; to act as a representative for.
   • 1922, Hal G. Evarts, The Settling of the Sage^[1]:

     Bentley, the man who repped for Slade, carried the air and the rest joined in.

   • 1994 November 4, Bill Wyman, “Evanston's New Music Hall/Veruca Salt Grow Up/Schmitsville”, Chicago Reader:

     He left to help the Reader set up its national advertising arm, went back to Rolling Stone for five years, repped other magazines, and finally set up his own company, which currently scouts ads for the Atlantic, Spin, Discover, and a publication called Disney Adventures.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from reps, misinterpreted as a plural.

Noun

rep (plural reps)

1. (textiles) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface. [from 19th c.]

Translations

a type of fabric

• French: reps (fr) m

• Russian: репс (ru) (reps) m

Anagrams

• ERP, PER, per, pre, RPE

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Catalan

Verb

rep

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of rebre.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of rebre.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛp

Verb

rep

1. first-person singular present indicative of reppen
2. imperative of reppen

Anagrams

• per

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

• röp

Etymology

Back-formation from repül.

Prefix

rep

1. flight, air (used as a prefix only)

Derived terms

• reptér

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Lojban

Rafsi

rep

1. rafsi of crepu.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rep n (definite singular repet; indefinite plural rep; definite plural repa/repene)

1. rope

Synonyms

• tau

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rępъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rêːp/

Noun

rȇp m (Cyrillic spelling ре̑п)

1. tail

Declension

    declension of rep

	singular	plural
nominative	rȇp	rȅpovi
genitive	repa	repova
dative	repu	repovima
accusative	rep	repove
vocative	repe	repovi
locative	repu	repovima
instrumental	repom	repovima

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rępъ.

Noun

rep m inan.

1. tail

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

rep n

1. rope

Declension

Declension of rep

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rep	repet	rep	repen
genitive	reps	repets	reps	repens

See also

• lina
• snöre
• tråd
• tåg