repped

1. 1
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of rep.

   The rapper repped his old neighborhood in every interview he gave that year.

   She has repped 185 pounds on the bench press for a set of six.

   Note

   The final p doubles before -ed, and one spelling serves as simple past and past participle: he repped his city, she has repped 185 pounds. The meanings are cut-down longer words, so context decides: a rapper who repped his neighborhood represented it, informally, while a lifter who repped a weight lifted it for several repetitions. The adjective for corded cloth shares the spelling.

2. 2
   adjective

   Having raised cords that run crosswise, like the fabric known as rep.

   The curtains were made of a heavy repped wool that hung in stiff folds.

   A navy repped silk tie suits almost any interview suit.

   Similarcorded, ribbed

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