ре́па — meaning in English

English meaning

• noggin noun A small mug, cup or ladle; the contents of such a container.
• 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 mug, cup or ladle; the contents of such a container.
2. noun A small measure of spirits equivalent to a gill.
3. noun A signalling molecule involved in embryo development, producing large heads at high concentrations.

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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