PREPPY


Meaning of PREPPY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prepi ]

( preppies)

1.

Preppies are young people, especially in America, who have often been to an expensive private school and who are conventional and conservative in their attitudes, behaviour, and style of dress. ( mainly AM )

N-COUNT

2.

If you describe someone or their clothes, attitudes, or behaviour as preppy , you mean that they are like a preppy. ( mainly AM )

I couldn’t believe how straight-looking he was, how preppy.

...a preppy collar and tie.

ADJ

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