neep

[ neep ]

/ nip /

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noun Scot.

a turnip.

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Origin of neep

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

Words nearby neep

Néel, Néel point, neem, Neenah, neencephalon, neep, ne'er, Ne'erday, ne'er-do-well, NEET, nef

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How to use neep in a sentence

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
Is the modern term "nip of spirit" derived from this word neep?
Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne|Robert C. Leslie
The only odds is, that we ken that we dinna ken, and the neep-seed kens nothing at all aboot it.
David Elginbrod|George MacDonald

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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