Meanings
verbdreep (third-person singular simple present dreeps, present participle dreeping, simple past and past participle dreeped)
present singular third person dreeps · participle present dreeping · participle past dreeped · past dreeped · alternative dreap
- ScotlandTo lower oneself from a height and drop the remaining distance.
If ye could not do the next jump ye just dreeped down and ran along the ground and up the next one.
2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 77
Origin
- Scotsdreep
- Scotsdreep
- Englishdreep
Borrowed from Scots dreep.
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Rhymes with dreep
keepdeepsleepsheepleapasleepsweepsteepreapbeeppeepweepcheepbleepSandeepseepeepmeepneapSundeepgeepsneapoversleepaheap
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APA
dreep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreep
MLA
“dreep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreep. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dreep,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreep.
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