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▪ I. rep1
Colloq. abbrev. of reputation. Common in early 18th c.; now chiefly U.S.
a1705Shippery in Brasenose Ale (1878) 2 Six go-downs upon rep. to our true English King! 1711Addison Spect. No. 135 ⁋10 This Humour..which has so miserably curtailed some of our Words,..as in mob. rep. pos. incog. and the like. 1732Fielding Covent Gard. Trag. ii. xiii, Nor modesty, nor pride, nor fear, nor rep, Shall now forbid this tender chaste embrace. 1738Swift Pol. Conversat. Introd. 91 Do you say it upon Rep? 1873J. H. Beadle Undevel. West xix. 367 Of the town proper, a majority of citizens were negroes, with them a few whites of doubtful ‘rep’, and perhaps a dozen Indians. 1910E. A. Walcott Open Door xii. 155 An' me a white man, too, even if me rep. is off color. 1935‘E. Queen’ Spanish Cape Mystery iii. 68 Got a rep as a bad customer. 1956‘E. McBain’ Cop Hater (1958) x. 90 We got a big rep as it is. Ain't nobody in this city who ain't heard of The Grovers. 1978M. Puzo Fools Die iv. 51 He was a legitimate bad guy with an obvious rep in Vegas.
▪ II. rep2 Now rare.
[Of obscure origin: cf. rip. The relation to demi-rep is not clear.]
1. A man († or woman) of loose character; a rip.
1747Hoadly Susp. Husb. iv. iv, So many Rivals among your kept Mistresses, and Reps of Quality. 1806R. Cumberland Mem. 474 Old and young, reps and demi-reps flocked to see it. 1886Fargus Living or Dead II. 169 Now you're about with the biggest uncut rep in town.
2. An inferior or worthless article.
1786Wolcott (P. Pindar) Lyric Odes xi. Wks. 1816 I. 117 The fiddle..though what's vulgarly baptiz'd a rep, Shall in a hundred pounds be deem'd dog-cheap.
▪ III. rep3|rɛp|
Also repp.
[ad. F. reps, of unknown origin.]
A textile fabric (of wool, silk, or cotton) having a corded surface. Cf. reps.
1860Mrs. Gaskell Right at Last 11 What should make you think I care so much for rep in preference to moreen? 1894Baring-Gould Queen of Love I. 75 Rab..raised the red repp that covered the barrier.
attrib.1883Harper's Mag. Mar. 538/2 The green rep parlour suites. 1898G. B. Shaw Plays II. You never can tell 274 A pair of maroon rep curtains.
▪ IV. rep4
in school slang, abbrev. of repetition.
1864Creighton in Life & Lett. (1904) I. i. 13 It is a very bad sign if fellows talk, or learn rep{ddd}during prayers. 1906[see con d]. 1930E. M. Brent-Dyer Chalet School & Jo iv. 57 ‘There's only rep left, and I've arithmetic and French to write!’ protested Cornelia.
For def. read: [Abbrev. of repetition n.1]
1. = repetition n.1 2 b. School slang.
2. = *repetition n.1 4 e (esp. in Body-building). Usu. in pl.
1953Tomorrow's Man (Chicago) Mar. 43/2, I followed the exercise religiously..regarding reps, sets, rhythm, and so forth. 1969F. Ryan Weight Training 57 As you become stronger, you are going to find that doing the three sets of eight reps is easier. Keep the same amount of weight but increase the reps to nine. 1979Coe & Summer Getting Strong iii. 34 Use a light-to-moderately-heavyweight on the barbell until you can do 6–8 reps. 1985Marathon & Distance Runner Dec. 41/3 You have not only got to become more mentally tuned to do a lot more longer reps but you have got to start thinking like a 5000 metre runner too.
▪ V. rep5
Abbrev. of representative n.; esp. a sales representative.
1896T. Eyton Rugby Football 10 Joe..has annually played and led the Tauranga reps. against the Auckland teams. 1933L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 18 Nov. 15/7 Rep... Under the arbitration award it is laid down that ‘the shearers shall elect a representative’, who deals with the employer..whenever any dispute or question arises. 1938E. Ambler Cause for Alarm ii. 28 No travellers seen except on Tuesdays and Thursdays... Reps.., Tuesdays and Thursdays. 1959T. Girtin Unnatural Break xxviii. 101 The local rep of the League of Empire Loyalists got up in the middle and made a protest. 1959New Statesman 19 Dec. 874/1 One young sales rep, whom I met quite early in the month, was already discovering his soul and finding the process painful. 1969T. Lloyd in R. Blythe Akenfield xiv. 218, I am the only member of this club who isn't a farmer's son..or a rep. 1977Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXV. 679/1 We can have three thousand safety reps for a labour force of thirty five thousand. 1979Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 2a/2 The House turned down an amendment by Rep. Eldon Rudd.
▪ VI. rep6
Colloq. abbrev. of repertory 3 (occas. of repertoire); a repertory company or theatre. Freq. attrib.
1925Amer. Speech I. 36/2 A rep show is made up of players with a repertoire of plays. 1929J. B. Priestley Good Companions ii. ii. 283 Each member of the troupe prided himself..on having a large répertoire, known always as a ‘rep’. 1933S. O'Casey Let. 24 Sept. (1975) I. 465 A Rep or a Stage Society production. 1948H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 690 Rep company, a company presenting a répertoire of plays on the road. 1959Times 5 Jan. 12/2 While the productions are out of Oxford we let the theatre to local societies, visiting reps or small-cost tours. 1959Manch. Guardian 30 Jan. 7/1 She has returned to ‘weekly rep.’, producing for a sound but as yet undistinguished company which must perform potboilers for most of the year. 1971Guardian 27 Sept. 10/1 Faithful and ageing Rep-goers. 1977R. Barnard Death in High C's ii. 18 You're back with..the same old rep production. 1977Radio Times 12–18 Nov. 15/1 After the war Major Bates joined Worthing rep as stage manager.
▪ VII. † rep7 Obs.
[f. initial letters of roentgen equivalent physical.]
A quantity of ionizing radiation that will release the same amount of energy in human tissue as one rad (formerly roentgen) of X-rays. Cf. rem n.1
1947Nucleonics Oct. 38/2 If the energy lost by ionization in the tissues is the same as the energy loss for one roentgen of gamma radiation absorbed in air, the dose is spoken of as one roentgen-equivalent-physical (abbreviated ‘rep’). [Note] The rep and rem units were introduced by Dr. H. M. Parker. 1955Bull. Atomic Sci. June 211/1 On a conservative estimate, a dose of 200 reps, such as many Hiroshima survivors must have received, would probably have caused each of their offspring to inherit, on the average, at least one mutation produced by the exposure. 1962F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics xii. 494 The rep or roentgen equivalent physical is the unit that equals the ionization produced by other forms of radiation to that of x-rays and gamma-rays. The rep is defined as the amount of particulate radiation that produces an energy absorption of 93 ergs/g in human tissue.
▪ VIII. rep
obs. form of reap n.2
▪ IX. rep, v.1|rɛp|
[Abbrev. of repeat v.]
trans. To repeat (stitches or part of a design): as a direction on knitting patterns, etc. Also absol.
1951D. M. Beckett Knitted Garments for Family 6 With No. 12 needles and double wool cast on 121 stitches. Continuing in single wool, rib as follows:- p.1, *k.1, p.1, rep. from * to end. 1957Norbury & Agutter Odhams Encycl. Knitting 35/1 Rep. rows 1 to 4 inclusive to form the pattern. 1970M. Hamilton-Hunt Knitting Dict. 127 Rep the last row inserting the hook the first time into the same ch sp as last st. 1986Knit & Stitch June 16/2 Rep for Front.
▪ X. rep, v.2 colloq. (orig. U.S.).|rɛp|
[f. rep n.5]
intr. and trans. To act as a representative for (a company, product, etc.).
a1961E. Yates in Webster s.v., Inquired what brand we were repping for. 1975Broadcast 14 July 10/2 Capital, Clyde and City have decided to raise their [advertising] rates... BMS..reps all three stations. 1976Bookseller 19 June 2752/2 (Advt.), Sales manager for hire... 2 seasons successful repping 40 UK & US pubs. list.
Hence ˈrepping vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1961Webster, Repping n. 1976Bookseller 19 June 2752/2 (Advt.), Sales manager..with repping company operating throughout Middle East. 1979Yale Alumni Mag. Apr. (Suppl.) cn22/2 Jack managed to work in some business-manufacturers' repping. 1988Rugby News Nov. 48/2 After the stint at repping I started working for ICAN. |