rep

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A ribbed or corded fabric of various materials, such as cotton, wool, or silk.
2. n. Informal A representative.
3. n. A unit of absorbed radiation dose, equal to the amount of ionizing radiation that will transfer 93 ergs of energy to 1 gram of water or living tissue.
4. n. Informal A repertory company.
5. n. Informal A repertory theater.
6. n. Informal Reputation: "Modern British royalty began with Queen Victoria, who still has a bad rep for being stodgy, straitlaced and—well, Victorian” ( Anthony Holden).
7. n. Informal A repetition of a particular movement done as exercise, especially in weightlifting.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A corded fabric the cords of which run across the width of the stuff. Silk rep is used for women's dresses, ecclesiastical vestments, etc, and is narrow; woolen rep is used for upholstery and curtains, and is about a yard and a half wide. It is sometimes figured, but more often dyed in plain colors.
2. n. An abbreviation of reputation, formerly much used (as slang), especially in the asseveration upon or 'pon rep.
3. n. Same as repet.
4. n. A man or woman of loose character; a rip.
5. n. An inferior or worthless article.
6. n. In English school slang, an abbreviation of repetition.
7. n. An abbreviation of report
8. n. [capitalized] of Representative
9. n. of representing
10. n. of republic
11. n. [capitalized] of Republican.

Wiktionary

1. n. uncountable Short form of reputation.
2. n. weightlifting, countable : Short form of repetition.
3. n. countable Short form of representative.
4. n. Short form of repertory.
5. n. knitting repeat
6. v. To represent; to act as a representative for.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.
2. adj. Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely; -- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. informal abbreviation of `representative'
2. n. a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs