English

Noun

Rep ‎(plural Reps)

1. Short for Republican.

See also

• Dem
• Lib

Anagrams

• ERP, PER, per, pre, RPE

English

Noun

rep ‎(plural reps)

1. (countable) 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. (countable) 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.

4. (countable, theater) Clipping of repertory

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

Verb

rep ‎(third-person singular simple present reps, present participle repping, simple past and past participle repped)

1. To represent; to act as a representative for.
   • 1922, Hal G. Evarts, The Settling of the Sage:

     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:

     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 (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 ‎(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

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

Translations

Anagrams

• ERP, PER, per, pre, RPE

Catalan

Verb

rep

1. third-person singular present indicative form of rebre
2. second-person singular imperative form of rebre

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛp

Verb

rep

1. first-person singular present indicative of reppen
2. imperative of reppen

Anagrams

• per

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• röp

Etymology

Back-formation from repül.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛp]

Prefix

rep

1. flight, air (used as a prefix only)

Derived terms

• reptér

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian prefixes

Lojban

Rafsi

rep

1. rafsi of crepu.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• reip (Nynorsk also)

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.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rępъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rêːp/

Noun

rȇp m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ре̑п)

1. tail

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rępъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ́p/, /ˈréːp/
• Tonal orthography: rȅp, rẹ̑p

Noun

rèp or rép m inan ‎(genitive rêpa or répa, nominative plural rêpi or répi)

1. tail

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

rep n

1. rope

Declension

See also

• lina
• snöre
• tråd
• tåg