dreep
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dreep (third-person singular simple present dreeps, present participle dreeping, simple past and past participle dreeped)
- (Scotland) To lower oneself from a height and drop the remaining distance.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 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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From Middle English drepen (“to drip, lower”), from Old English drēopan.
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dreep (third-person singular simple present dreeps, present participle dreepin, simple past dreepit, past participle dreepit)
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- → English: dreep
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