Ept

adj, name, noun, verb, slang

adj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A European Poker Tour event. informal
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past of eep Internet, form-of, humorous, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Skillful and knowledgeable; adept. humorous, nonstandard

    "These behaviors, developed in extremely bad basic and advanced training conditions were continued in better situations under more ept leadership."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of European Poker Tour. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

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wowblimeybloody hellbloody norablow me tightblow me up

Example

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"These behaviors, developed in extremely bad basic and advanced training conditions were continued in better situations under more ept leadership."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back-formation from inept; compare apt.

Etymology 2

Formed by analogy with slept.

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