rep

Multiple Entries:
  rep    Rep.  

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rep1 informal

▶noun a representative. ▶verb (reps, repping, repped) act as a sales representative.

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rep2

▶noun informal repertory.

■ a repertory theatre or company.

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rep3 (also repp)

▶noun a fabric with a ribbed surface, used in curtains and upholstery.

– origin C19: from Fr. reps, of unknown ultimate origin.

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rep4

▶noun N. Amer. informal short for reputation.

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rep5

▶noun (in bodybuilding) a repetition of a set of exercises. ▶verb (reps, repping, repped) (as an instruction in knitting patterns) repeat.

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Rep.

▶abbreviation

• 1 (in the US Congress) Representative.

• 2 Republic.

• 3 US a Republican.