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The definition of pip is a small seed, or the dots on dice or dominoes, or the figures that show the suit or value on playing cards.

(noun)

An example of a pip is an apple seed.
An example of a pip is a heart on the 2 of hearts playing card.

See pip in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

Origin: contr. < pippin

noun

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

Origin: earlier peep < ?

intransitive verb pipped, pipping

to peep or chirp, as a young bird

Origin: var. of peep

transitive verb

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

noun

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

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

transitive verb pipped, pipping

Brit. to defeat in a competition by a narrow margin

See pip in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The small seed of a fruit, as that of an apple or orange.

Origin:

Origin: Short for pippin

transitive verb pipped pipped, pip·ping, pips
Chiefly British

To wound or kill with a bullet.
To get the better of; defeat.
To blackball.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly from pip³

noun

Games
a. A dot indicating a unit of numerical value on dice or dominoes.
b. A mark indicating the suit or numerical value of a playing card.
A spot or speck.
A rootstock of certain flowering plants, especially the lily of the valley.
Any of the small segments that make up the surface of a pineapple.
Informal A shoulder insignia indicating the rank of certain officers, as in the British Army.
See blip.

Origin:

Origin: Origin unknown

verb pipped pipped, pip·ping, pips

verb, transitive

To break through (the shell) in hatching. Used of a chick.

verb, intransitive

To peep or chirp, as a chick does.

noun

A short, high-pitched radio signal.

Origin:

Origin: Variant of peep¹

Origin: and peep²

noun

a. A disease of birds, characterized by a thick mucous discharge that forms a crust in the mouth and throat.
b. The crust symptomatic of this disease.
Slang A minor unspecified human ailment.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English pippe

Origin: , from Middle Dutch, phlegm, pip

Origin: , from Medieval Latin *pippīta

Origin: , alteration of Latin pītuīta; see peiə- in Indo-European roots

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