rep

See also: Rep, rep-, REP, rệp, řep, rep., Rep., and гер

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛp/
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Etymology 1

Clippings of various words beginning with rep.

Noun

rep (plural reps)

1. (informal) Clipping of reputation.

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

2. (weightlifting, countable) Clipping of repetition.

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

3. (informal) Clipping 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.

   • 1950 October 28, “Diskers, AFRA Puzzle Singer Jurisdictions”, in Billboard, page 13:

     An upcoming problem to be thrashed out at a meeting of diskery reps and execs of the American Federation of Radio Artists (AFRA), is the degree of AFRA's jurisdictional claim over singers on records.

4. (theater) Clipping of repertory.

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

Translations

reputation — see reputation

repetition — see repetition

representative — see representative

repertory — see repertory

Verb

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”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     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.

2. (knitting) repeat
   • 2011, Hannah Fettig, Closely Knit: Handmade Gifts For The Ones You Love‎^[3], page 44:

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

Etymology 2

Back-formation from reps, misinterpreted as a plural.

Alternative forms

• repp

Noun

rep (countable and uncountable, 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.]
   • 1923, Theodore Dreiser, The Color of a Great City, New York: Boni & Liveright:

     Underfoot is a rich brown marble from the shores of Lake Champlain. The wainscoting is of green rep and red Numidian marble.

Translations

a type of fabric

• Finnish: ripsi (fi)
• French: reps (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: репс (ru) m (reps)

Anagrams

• EPR, ERP, PER, Per., RPE, per, per-, per., pre, pre-

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Catalan

Verb

rep

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛp

Verb

rep

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of reppen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of reppen

Anagrams

• per

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• reip (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From Old Norse reip

Noun

rep n (definite singular repet, indefinite plural rep, definite plural repa or repene)

1. a rope

Synonyms

• tau

References

• “rep” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rępъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛ́p/, /réːp/

Noun

rȅp or rẹ̑p m inan

1. tail

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	rèp
gen. sing.	rêpa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rèp	rêpa	rêpi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	rêpa	rêpov	rêpov
dative (dajȃlnik)	rêpu	rêpoma	rêpom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rèp	rêpa	rêpe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rêpu	rêpih	rêpih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rêpom	rêpoma	rêpi

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	rép
gen. sing.	répa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rép	répa	répi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	répa	répov	répov
dative (dajȃlnik)	répu	répoma	répom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rép	répa	répe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	répu	répih	répih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	répom	répoma	répi

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Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *raipą, *raipaz, from Proto-Indo-European *roypnós (“strap, band, rope”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

rep n

1. rope

Declension

Declension of rep
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rep	repet	rep	repen
Genitive	reps	repets	reps	repens

See also

• lina
• snöre
• tråd
• tåg

Anagrams

• Per, per