neep

[ neep ]

/ nip /

noun Scot.

a turnip.

Nearby words

neem, neem tree, neenah, neencephalic, neencephalon, neep, neet, nef, nefarious, nefariously, nefazodone

Origin of neep

before 900; Middle English nepe, Old English nēp, nǣp < Latin nāpus turnip

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Examples from the Web for neep

Rogers speaks of shipping while at Batavia "half a leaguer of Spelman's neep, or the best sort of arrack."
Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne|Robert C. Leslie

British Dictionary definitions for neep

neep

/ (niːp) /

noun

British a dialect name for a turnip

Word Origin for neep

Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus turnip

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