crep

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See also: črep

English

Etymology

From Jamaican Creole crep.

Pronunciation

Noun

crep (plural creps)

  1. (MLE, slang) trainer (sports shoe)
    • 2013, Mark Dawson, The Cleaner, page 7:
      The others hollered. “He's sicked up all over his creps!” Chips exclaimed.
    • 2011, Chyna Chyna, FAM: Rolling in a London Girl Gang:
      He skulked, like his creps was made out of lead. His skin, normally like polished bronze, was drained flat, as if he'd been bleached. When I smiled and said hello to him, Husayn looked at me from fifty miles away.

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin crepō. Compare Romanian crăpa, crăp.

Verb

crep first-singular present indicative (past participle cripatã or cãrpate)

  1. to crack, break

Catalan

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Etymology

Borrowed from French crêpe.

Noun

crep f (plural creps)

  1. crepe

Further reading

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

crep (plural crep dem, quantified crep)

  1.  athletic shoe, trainer

Descendants

  • → English: crep

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier *črěpъ, by liquid metathesis from Proto-Slavic *čerpъ, from Proto-Indo-European *kerpos.

Noun

crȇp m (Cyrillic spelling цре̑п)

  1. tile (for the roof)

Declension

Declension of crep
singular plural
nominative crȇp crȅpovi
genitive crepa crepova
dative crepu crepovima
accusative crep crepove
vocative crepe crepovi
locative crepu crepovima
instrumental crepom crepovima

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French crêpe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾep/
  • Rhymes: -ep
  • Syllabification: crep

Noun

crep m (plural creps)

  1. crepe

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