Pip Definition

pĭp
pipped, pipping, pips
noun
pips
A small seed, as of an apple, pear, or orange.
Webster's New World
A person or thing much admired.
Webster's New World
Any of the suit-indicating figures on playing cards, or any of the dots on dice or dominoes.
Webster's New World
A short, high-pitched radio signal.
American Heritage
A spot or speck.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
pipped, pipping, pips
To break through (the shell)
Webster's New World
To wound or kill with a bullet.
American Heritage
To peep or chirp, as a young bird.
Webster's New World
To defeat in a competition by a narrow margin.
Webster's New World
To defeat.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
pronoun

A diminutive form of the given names Philip, Phillip, and Philippa.

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Other Word Forms of Pip

Noun

Singular:
pip
Plural:
pips

Origin of Pip

  • Middle English pippe from Middle Dutch phlegm, pip from Medieval Latin pippīta alteration of Latin pītuīta peiə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta.

    From Wiktionary

  • Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.

    From Wiktionary

  • Abbreviation of percentage in point.

    From Wiktionary

  • Variant of peep peep

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Possibly from pip

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Short for pippin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Imitative.

    From Wiktionary

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