dreep

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Scots dreep.

Pronunciation

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Verb

dreep (third-person singular simple present dreeps, present participle dreeping, simple past and past participle dreeped)

  1. (Scotland) To lower oneself from a height and drop the remaining distance.
    • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 77:
      If ye could not do the next jump ye just dreeped down and ran along the ground and up the next one.

Anagrams


Scots

Etymology

From Old English drēopan, from Proto-Germanic *dreupaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

dreep (third-person singular simple present dreeps, present participle dreepin, simple past dreepit, past participle dreepit)

  1. to drip
  2. to drain, strain (food etc.)
  3. to soak
  4. to drop (oneself) down from a height