Pronunciations (2)
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/ɹɛp/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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ɹɛp
Verb
To represent; to act as a representative for.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
- Informal
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Bentley, the man who repped for Slade, carried the air and the rest joined in.
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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.
To display as a representative example.
Usage- Informal
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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.
As for her beauty look, the Jennifer’s Body star had dyed her long tresses a burnt-orange shade, and styled them slightly curled at the ends and down across her shoulders. She also repped a bubblegum-pink manicure with an abstract black design.
To lift for multiple reps.
Usage- Transitive
Noun
A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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Underfoot is a rich brown marble from the shores of Lake Champlain. The wainscoting is of green rep and red Numidian marble.
It was decorated in […] horsehair and red rep curtains[.]
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I toted a (rather fetching) $100 Gucci 1955 Horsebit rep through a vacation across Europe […]
Noun
informal abbreviation of ‘representative’
- Broader terms
a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs
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