• Dreep

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /dɹiːp/

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    From Scots dreep.

    Full definition of dreep

    Verb

    1. (Scotland) To lower oneself from a height and drop the remaining distance.
      • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 77:If ye could not do the next jump ye just dreeped down and ran along the ground and up the next one.
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