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Kip
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- 1 A diminutive of the male given name Kipling.
- 1 The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat. countable, uncountable
- 2 A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed. Ireland, UK, informal
- 3 A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
- 4 The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
- 5 A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up. Australia
"Again Turk placed the pennies on the kip. He took his time, deliberate over the small action, held the kip for a long breathless moment, then jerked his wrist and the pennies were in the air."
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- 6 A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
- 7 Initialism of kinetic impact round (baton round). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 8 a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright wordnet
- 9 A bundle or set of such hides. countable, uncountable
- 10 Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal
"I’m just going for my afternoon kip."
- 11 A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
- 12 A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill. Scotland
- 13 the basic unit of money in Laos wordnet
- 14 A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 15 A very untidy house or room. Ireland, UK, informal
- 16 A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds. nonstandard, rare
- 17 sleep wordnet
- 18 The leather made from such hide. countable, uncountable
"'Stockings, madam? Shoes?' 'Yes, your Honor — both.' 'Yarn, perhaps? Morocco?' 'Yarn, your Honor. And kip.'"
- 19 A brothel. Ireland, UK, dated, informal
- 1 To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity. UK, informal
"Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed."
- 2 To snatch; take up hastily; filch Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, transitive
- 3 To perform the kip maneuver. intransitive
- 4 be asleep wordnet
- 5 To hold or keep (together) intransitive, obsolete
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- 6 To conduct oneself; act Northern-England, dialectal, intransitive
Etymology
1325–75, Middle English kipp, from Middle Dutch kip, from Middle Low German kip (“pack, bundle of hides”).
1760–70, probably related to Danish kippe (“dive, hovel, cheap inn”) and Middle Low German kiffe (“hovel”). From the same distant Germanic root as cove.
1760–70, probably related to Danish kippe (“dive, hovel, cheap inn”) and Middle Low German kiffe (“hovel”). From the same distant Germanic root as cove.
From Middle English kippen, from Old Norse kippa (“to pull; snatch”) or Middle Dutch kippen (“to grasp, seize, catch”). Cognate with Norwegian kippe (“to snatch”), Swedish kippa (“to snatch; jerk”); Dutch kippen (“to seize; catch”). Perhaps conflated with some senses of Middle English kepen (“to keep, observe, guard, take possession of, snatch”) (see keep).
1910–15, Americanism, abbreviated from kilo + pound.
1950–55, from Lao ກີບ (kīp).
Unknown. Perhaps related to Yorkshire and Lincolnshire dialect kep, to toss up into the air. Or else, perhaps related to German Kippe (“stub”).
From kip (“sleep, lie down”).
From kip (“sleep, lie down”).
Clipping of Kipling.
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