pip¹ Definition
pip (pip)
noun
- a small seed, as of an apple, pear, or orange
- Slang a person or thing much admired
Etymology: contr. < pippin
pip² Definition
pip (pip)
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 ()
Etymology: earlier peep < ?
pip³ Definition
pip (pip)
transitive verb
to break through (the shell): said of a hatching bird
pip4 Definition
pip (pip)
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
Etymology: ME pippe < MDu < WGmc *pipit < VL *pipita, for L pituita, phlegm, pip: see pituitary
pip5 Definition
pip (pip)
transitive verb pipped, pip′·ping
Brit. to defeat in a competition by a narrow margin
pip Finance Definition
pip Usage Examples
Converse of object
- remove: Push through a nylon sieve to remove the pips.
- plant: The Pilgrim Fathers introduced apples to the New World, planting pips that they had taken with them from England.
- get: I don't get the pip, jam packed with taste, Duerr's clearly fills a space!
- use: Is it possible to restart a partly finished assessment using PIP?
- have: One that doesn't have pips for seats, or a strange green woody bit at the front.
Preposition: at
post: She was narrowly pipped at the post by Tony Hadley in the final.
Adjective modifier
- cal: We saw in an earlier chapter that cal pips may be used to calibrate a type A display.
- lemon: April 13, 2004 Sainsbury's to sell the world's first seedless lemon No more lemon pips in your cooking!
- 1st: Gareth the 1st pip Gobstyk's Treasurer Posts: 885 ( 10/4/05 10:30 am ) Re: To all would be Emperors Yes thanks.
- orange: If you out an orange pip between your fingers, it shoots out.
- few: Although they pip at everyone they seem to slow down and give us a few extra pips.
Modifies a noun
- squeak: He was also noted to have said, " We shall squeeze the orange until the pips squeak, " in favor of reparations.
- joint: Elson test for central slip rupture From 90 degrees of flexion, patient actively tries to extend the PIP joint against resistance.
- card: I-Tech's inbuilt PIP cards provide the required processing at the input of the amplifier.
- file: You can also define the values of special fields in the [ Input ] section of a PIP file.
- project: It came from the same area as one of the pilot schools in the PIP project.
Modifying Another Word
- narrowly: She was narrowly pipped at the post by Tony Hadley in the final.
- just: He was just pipped for second place by the Aldershot B team which clocked the same total time.
Noun used with modifier
apple: On the 1st day we went on a ship, Then we slipped on an apple pip.
Preposition: on
line: However he backed off too early in the spectator lined streets and was pipped on the line.
Browse dictionary entries near pip
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