Meanings
reese1
- Synonym of peanut butter cup
Synonyms: peanut butter cup
Reese2
- A surname
- A male given name
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and later American usage.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of peanut butter cup
Origin
reese · noun
A genericization of the trademark Reese, a popular brand of peanut butter cup, thus applied to all peanut butter cups.
Full word history & related roots →Reese · proper noun
- GermanReese
- WelshRhys
- EnglishReese
* As a given name and British surname generally from Welsh Rhys (literally “ardor”). * Chiefly in North America, the surname may also be from unrelated German Reese (literally “giant”).
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
reese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reese
“reese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reese. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reese,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reese.
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