# rep

Pronunciation: say "REP" /ɹɛp/

## Noun

1. Short for representative. *(colloquial)* — Clipping of representative.
   - Simple: Short for representative. It means a person who acts or sells for a company or group.
   - _A sales rep from the software company is coming in Thursday to demo the new version._
   - _She wrote to her state rep about the plan to close the local hospital._
2. Short for repetition. — Clipping of repetition.
   - Simple: Short for repetition. In a workout, one complete lift or movement.
   - _Lower the bar slowly on every rep to keep tension on the muscle._
   - _She finished three sets of twelve reps, then added one final rep at a heavier weight._
3. Short for reputation. *(colloquial)* — Clipping of reputation.
   - Simple: Short for reputation. What people know you for or think of you.
   - _The bar has a rep for watering down its drinks._
   - _After one viral video, her rep as a tough negotiator spread across the industry._
5. Short for representation. *(colloquial)* — Clipping of representation.
   - Simple: Short for representation. Often about how a group of people is shown in movies, TV, and books.
   - _Readers on the forum recommended fantasy novels with strong queer rep._
   - _Critics argued that the studio's idea of Latino rep was a single background character._
7. Short for replica. *(slang)* — Clipping of replica.
   - Simple: Short for replica. Used for copies of expensive brand-name clothes and shoes.
   - _On the forum, buyers post photos comparing each rep to the retail version, stitch by stitch._
   - _He swears nobody at school can tell his rep jacket from the real thing._
8. Short for repertory. — Clipping of repertory.
   - Simple: Short for repertory. A theater or group of actors that puts on several plays, switching between them.
   - _Two seasons in rep taught him to learn a new role while performing another at night._
   - _The company keeps three plays in rep this summer, rotating them through the week._
10. Short for report. — Clipping of report.
   - Simple: Short for report. Soldiers use it in words like shell rep and casualty rep.
   - _Command demanded a sit rep from every company commander before dawn._
   - _The forward observer radioed a shell rep giving the bearing of the incoming fire._
12. A fabric of silk, wool, or silk and wool, with a surface of crosswise cords or ribs.
   - Simple: A cloth of silk, wool, or both, with small raised lines running across it.
   - _The upholsterer re-covered the sofa in a dark blue wool rep that would stand up to years of wear._
   - _Her silk rep dress caught the light along every ribbed line._

## Verb

4. To represent someone or something, or to act as a representative for them. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To work for a person or company by speaking or selling for them.
   - _Agents who rep first-time novelists have to be patient._
   - _For ten years she repped for a publisher of children's books, visiting stores across the Midwest._
6. To lift a weight for several repetitions.
   - Simple: To lift a weight several times.
   - _By the end of the program, I could rep 225 for eight clean lifts._
   - _He repped the bar easily at that weight, so his coach added another plate._
9. To display something as a representative example, especially to show off an outfit or a look. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To show off something, like clothes or nails, as an example of a style.
   - _The singer repped a sequined minidress and platform boots at the awards after-party._
   - _Influencers who rep the season's top nail trends post close-ups of every manicure._
11. Short for repeat. — Abbreviation of repeat.
   - Simple: Short for repeat. Knitting patterns use it to tell you to do a step again.
   - _Rep the decrease row every other row until 20 stitches remain._
   - _Work the cable twist on row 5, then rep it every sixth row._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–11** — A clipping of various words beginning with rep.
**Meaning 12** — A back-formation from reps, which was misinterpreted as a plural.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/rep (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).