ре́па — meaning in English

English meaning

• noggin noun A small cup, mug, or ladle, or the amount it holds.
• nut noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.
• turnip noun A round white or pale root vegetable, related to the cabbage family, cooked and eaten as a vegetable.

Senses

ре́па is used for these senses in English:

• noggin (slang) The head.
• nut (musical instruments, lutherie) On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.
• turnip The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.

noggin — full definition

1. noun A small cup, mug, or ladle, or the amount it holds.
2. noun A small amount of alcoholic spirits, about a quarter of a pint.
3. noun (biology) A protein that helps control how an embryo develops, causing larger heads when present in high amounts.

nut — full definition

1. noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.
2. noun A small piece of hardware with a threaded hole, used with a bolt to fasten things together.
3. noun Informal: a crazy or eccentric person, or an enthusiast for a particular subject.
4. verb Slang: to headbutt someone.

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