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Plip

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A locking system for motor vehicles that uses a small, hand-held remote control.
  2. 2
    A light sound or action like liquid hitting a surface.

    "He heard the plips of rain on the roof."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make the sound of liquid hitting a hard surface.
  2. 2
    To lock or unlock using a remote control locking device.

    "2004, Jenny Colgan, Isla Dewar, Muriel Gray, et al. (contributors), Scottish Girls About Town, page 69, […] was unloading bags from the boot of a tiny, shiny, black Ka thing which she then plipped shut with an electronic key."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Shortened from the name of Paul Lipschutz, French inventor.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Etymology 4

From Plip (“remote control locking device”), perhaps influenced by onomatopoeia.

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