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Meaning of NEP | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2
/nɛp/

Definitions

  1. Catmint, catnip; Nepeta cataria.
    uncountable, usually
  2. A knot in a fibre.
  3. One who engages in nepotism, usually to the one who benefits from it.
    US, derogatory, slang
  4. Nepali
    derogatory, ethnic, informal, offensive, slur
  5. Initialism of New Economic Policy.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  6. Initialism of noise-equivalent power.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  7. Initialism of National Energy Program.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  8. Initialism of nanosatellite engineering professional.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  9. Initialism of National Election Pool.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  10. Initialism of non-English proficient.
    US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Examples

“Nep is generally used for women to procure their courses, being taken inwardly or outwardly, either alone or with other convenient herbs in a decoction to bathe them, of sit over the hot fumes thereof.”
“The neps appear as small dense areas or spots when compared to the surrounding fibers.”
“Nepali job. Hundred and one per cent a Nep job. You've seen some of the crime they're responsible for. I tell you, these guys are fucking crazy. […] Ninety-nine per cent of this kind of crime, at least in Delhi, is done by Neps.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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