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hepeat

hepeat verb: of a man: to repeat something a woman said and take credit for her idea.

Verb

hepeat (third-person singular simple present hepeats, present participle hepeating, simple past and past participle hepeated)

  1. (derogatory, informal) Of a man: to repeat something a woman said and take credit for her idea.
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Forms of hepeat

third-person singular presenthepeats
present participlehepeating
past participlehepeated
pasthepeated

Origin of hepeat

Blend of he + repeat, said to have been coined in 2017 by friends of astronomer Nicole Gugliucci.

Questions about hepeat

What does hepeat mean?
Hepeat means of a man: to repeat something a woman said and take credit for her idea.
What part of speech is hepeat?
Hepeat is a verb.
What is the past tense of hepeat?
The past tense of hepeat is hepeated.

Words near hepeat in the dictionary

  1. Hepburnian
  2. hepcat
  3. hepcats
  4. hepcidin
  5. hepcidins
  6. hepeat
  7. hepeated
  8. hepeating
  9. hepeats
  10. HEPES
  11. hepevirus

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