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- 1 A diminutive form of the given names Philip, Phillip, Pippi and Philippa.
"My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip."
- 2 The 1914 Star or 1914–15 Star medal. UK, World-War-I, slang
- 3 Acronym of Peripheral Interchange Program. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical
- 1 Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
- 2 A pippin, seed of any kind. obsolete
- 3 One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
- 4 One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.
"I could clearly hear the frequent cataclysms of the upstairs lavatory, and my day began with the pips for the morning news in Charlotte Lawless's kitchen."
- 5 The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
"The set-and-forget trader is playing fundamental direction and is seeking very large moves of 150 to 300 pips. This trader doesn't want to sit and watch the screen but play the longer moves and forces behind forex."
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- 6 Acronym of picture-in-picture. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 7 Initialism of picture-in-picture. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 8 a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface wordnet
- 9 Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression. dated, humorous
"1912, D. H. Lawrence, letter to Edward Garnett I've got the pip horribly at present."
- 10 A pippin, seed of any kind.; A seed inside certain fleshy fruits, such as the stone (pit) of a stonefruit or the smaller seeds of an orange or apple. UK, obsolete
"Apple pips are edible, but don't have a pleasant taste."
- 11 One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
- 12 Acronym of predicted impact point. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 13 a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) wordnet
- 14 Something or someone excellent, of high quality. US, colloquial
"She sure is a pip, that one. You need company?"
- 15 A spot; a speck.
- 16 Acronym of performance improvement plan. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 17 a small hard seed found in some fruits wordnet
- 18 P in RAF phonetic alphabet. British, World-War-I, dated
- 19 A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
- 20 Acronym of product improvement program. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 21 a minor nonspecific ailment wordnet
- 22 A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
- 23 Acronym of peak inspiratory pressure. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 24 a disease of poultry wordnet
- 25 Acronym of personal independence payment. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 1 To remove the pips from. transitive
"Peel and pip the grapes."
- 2 To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin. transitive
"He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post."
- 3 To peep, to chirp. intransitive
- 4 defeat thoroughly wordnet
- 5 To hit with a gunshot. transitive
"The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind."
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- 6 To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.
- 7 hit with a missile from a weapon wordnet
- 8 kill by firing a missile wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm, head cold”). Doublet of pituita.
Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin).
Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin).
Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.
Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.
Imitative.
Imitative.
Abbreviation of percentage in point.
An allusion to the newspaper cartoon strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.
See also for "pip"
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