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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, 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, pip·ping

Brit. to defeat in a competition by a narrow margin

pip Finance Definition

The smallest amount by which a price can move in a market. For example, in the foreign exchange market, a pip is one-hundredth of one percent for most currencies. Also called tick.

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

  1. pious
  2. pioneer
  3. pion
  4. Pinzón
  5. pinyon
  6. Pinyin
  7. piny
  8. pinxter flower
  9. pinxit
  10. pinworm
  1. pipage
  2. pipal
  3. pipe
  4. pipe bomb
  5. pipe clay
  6. pipe cleaner
  7. pipe cutter
  8. pipe down
  9. pipe dream
  10. pipe fitter