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pip1 definition

pip (pip)

noun

  1. a small seed, as of an apple, pear, or orange
  2. Slang a person or thing much admired

Etymology: contr. < pippin

pip2 definition

pip (pip)

noun

  1. any of the suit-indicating figures on playing cards, or any of the dots on dice or dominoes
  2. Informal a starlike shoulder insignia worn by certain officers in the British army
  3. any of the diamond-shaped divisions of the skin of a pineapple
  4. a single rootstock or flower of the lily of the valley, peony, etc.
  5. blip ()

Etymology: earlier peep < ?

pip3 definition

pip (pip)

intransitive verb pipped, pipping pip′·ping

to peep or chirp, as a young bird

Etymology: var. of peep

transitive verb

to break through (the shell): said of a hatching bird
pip4 definition

pip (pip)

noun

  1. a contagious disease of fowl, characterized by the secretion of mucus in the throat and the formation of a scab on the tongue
  2. Informal any unspecified human ailment: a jocular usage

Etymology: ME pippe < MDu < WGmc *pipit < VL *pipita, for L pituita, phlegm, pip: see pituitary

pip5 definition

pip (pip)

transitive verb pipped, pipping pip′·ping

Brit. to defeat in a competition by a narrow margin

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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