neep

English

Etymology

From Middle English nepe, from Old English næp, from Latin napus.

Cognate to turnip.

Noun

neep ‎(plural neeps)

1. (chiefly Scotland) The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland.
   • 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 494:

     Poor Mr Piddle with his long think neck and his long thin head, as bald as a neep and something the shape […].

Translations

swede

• Dutch: knolraap (nl) m
• Finnish: lanttu (fi)

Anagrams

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