prep

• enPR: prĕp, IPA^(key): /pɹɛp/

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• Rhymes: -ɛp

prep (countable and uncountable, plural preps)

1. (countable) Preparation.
2. (horse racing) A preparatory race or workout.
3. Abbreviation of preposition.
5. (informal, countable) A prep school.
6. (informal, countable) A student or graduate of a prep school, a preppy. [from late 19th c.]
   1. (US, slang, chiefly derogatory) A person using the styles and mannerisms (especially in terms of fashion) associated with prep students.
7. (UK, chiefly private schools, uncountable) Homework; work set to do outside class time.
8. (Australia) Nursery school; preschool.
9. (Philippines) Preparatory level; the last two levels or the fourth and fifth years of preschool; the two levels before first grade.
10. Alternative form of PrEP.

prep (third-person singular simple present preps, present participle prepping, simple past and past participle prepped)

2. (informal) To prepare.

   Synonym: prep up

   prep someone for something

• Repp, perp, repp

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɾʲeb/

prep f

1. a start, bounce

• Irish: preab

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prep”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language