kep

/ (kɛp) /

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verb keps, kepping or keppit (ˈkɛpɪt)

(tr) Scot and Northern English dialect to catch

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Word Origin for kep

from keep (in obsolete sense: to put oneself in the way of)

Words nearby kep

Kenyon, Keogh plan, Keogh plans, Keokuk, Keos, kep, kephalin, Kephallinía, Kephalos, Kepheus, kepi

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How to use kep in a sentence

Hain't I kep' in doors uv a nite, an quit chawn tobacker and smokin' segars just to please her?
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
She kep' more calves an' yearlin's than 'peared like she'd ought to, but she raised a power of stuff for market, 'count of 'em.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
Dah you goes, de ole true Huck; de on'y white genlman dat ever kep' his promise to ole Jim.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Bago kep a shop in Smithfield market, and drov a taring good trade in the hoil and Italian way.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush|William Makepeace Thackeray

Why, that old man kep' up his end in a fight one day for half an hour against three Grangerfords, and come out winner.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)