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Rep

//ɹɛp// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Republican Party. US, abbreviation, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of reputation. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable

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

  2. 2
    A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface. countable, uncountable

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

  3. 3
    Clipping of Republican. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  4. 4
    a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs wordnet
  5. 5
    Clipping of repetition. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable

    "Holonym: sets"

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  1. 6
    informal abbreviation of ‘representative’ wordnet
  2. 7
    Clipping of representative. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable

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

  3. 8
    Clipping of representation. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable

    "This was the first episode of Degrassi I saw, and it was a formative episode. Why, might you ask? Not only because in 2003, there, again, wasn't much gay rep, but because of this interaction at the end of the episode that I stumbled upon, […]"

  4. 9
    Clipping of repertory. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable

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

  5. 10
    Clipping of report. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, in-compounds, uncountable

    "[…] and Henry Riser is still waiting for official casualty reps and family info on Doug Wheless."

  6. 11
    Clipping of replica. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang, uncountable

    "rep sneakers"

Verb
  1. 1
    To represent; to act as a representative for. ambitransitive, informal

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

  2. 2
    To display as a representative example. informal

    "Last year, Olivia famously went full-2000s at a Grammys after-party she attended with Paris Hilton, where she repped a bright blue butterfly dress featuring a plunging neckline and dramatic ruffles. Now, for her latest look, she's gone and repped another recognisable combination: silk trousers and a leather boob tube."

  3. 3
    Abbreviation of repeat. abbreviation, alt-of

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

  4. 4
    To lift for multiple reps. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clippings of various words beginning with rep.

Etymology 2

Clippings of various words beginning with rep.

Etymology 3

Back-formation from reps, misinterpreted as a plural.

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