nep

plural neps · alternative dialectal nip

1. uncountableusuallyCatmint, catnip; Nepeta cataria.

   Nep is generally used for women to procure their courses, being taken inwardly or outwardly, either alone or with other convenient herbs in a decoction to bathe them, of sit over the hot fumes thereof.

   1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio, published 2007, page 201

plural neps

1. A knot in a fibre.

   The neps appear as small dense areas or spots when compared to the surrounding fibers.

   1987, Paula Simmons, Spinning and weaving with wool, published 1977, →ISBN, page 130

present singular third person neps · participle present nepping · participle past nepped · past nepped

1. UKdialectalintransitiveOf cotton: to form knots.

plural neps

1. USderogatoryslangOne who engages in nepotism, usually to the one who benefits from it.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of New Economic Policy.
2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of National Energy Program.
3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of National Election Pool.
4. UKabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of North East Party.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of noise-equivalent power.
2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of nanosatellite engineering professional.
3. USabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of non-English proficient.

plural Neps

1. derogatoryethnicinformaloffensiveslurNepali

   Nepali job. Hundred and one per cent a Nep job. You've seen some of the crime they're responsible for. I tell you, these guys are fucking crazy. […] Ninety-nine per cent of this kind of crime, at least in Delhi, is done by Neps.

   2013, Aatish Taseer, The Temple Goers