rep — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. To represent; to act as a representative for.

   Uso

   • transitivo o intransitivo
   • informale

   Esempi

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

   Altri esempi (1)

   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. To display as a representative example.

   Uso

   • informale

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (2)

   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.

3. To lift for multiple reps.

   Uso

   • transitivo

Sostantivo

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

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   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[.]

   Altri esempi (1)

   I toted a (rather fetching) $100 Gucci 1955 Horsebit rep through a vacation across Europe […]

Sostantivo

1. informal abbreviation of ‘representative’

   Termini più generali

   representative

2. a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs

   Sinonimi

   repp

   Termini più generali

   fabricclothmaterialtextile