Reep

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginDutch Reep ← Middle English hrip ← Old Norse hrip →
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Meanings

proper nounReep (plural Reeps)

plural Reeps

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-“to bend”
  2. Proto-Germanic*hrepaz
  3. Old Norsehrip
  4. Middle Englishhrip“basket”
  5. DutchReep
  6. EnglishReep

Borrowed from Dutch Reep, an occupational surname for a ropemaker, from reep (“rope”). Compare Roper, Reeb. Also an English metonymic occupational surname for a porter or a basket maker, from Middle English hrip (“basket”), from Old Norse hrip, from Proto-Germanic *hrepaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend”). Also as an English surname, from the verb reap. Compare Ripper.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

peerperepree
Cite this entry
APA

Reep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reep

MLA

“Reep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reep. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Reep,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reep.

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