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Definition of 'kip'English
Etymology 1
1325–75, (etyl) kipp, from (etyl) kip, from (etyl)
Alternative forms
* kipp, kippe, kyppe
Noun
( en-noun)
The untanned of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
A bundle or set of such hides.
(obsolete) A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
The leather made from such hide; kip leather .
Etymology 2
1760–70, probably related to (etyl) . From the same distant Germanic root as (cove).
Noun
( en-noun)
(informal|chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
(informal|chiefly UK) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
- I’m just going for my afternoon kip .
(informal|chiefly UK) A very untidy house or room.
(informal|chiefly UK|dated) A brothel.
Verb
( kipp)
(informal|chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
- Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed.
Synonyms
* crash (US)
Etymology 3
1910–15, Americanism, abbreviated from (kilo) + (pound).
Noun
( en-noun)
A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
(rare|nonstandard) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
Etymology 4
1950–55, from (etyl) .
(Lao kip)
Noun
( kip)
The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol , abbreviation LAK.
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Etymology 5
Unknown. Some senses maybe related to (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
(gymnastics) A basic skill or maneuver in 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.
(Australia|games|two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
* 1951 , , 1952, page 208 ,
- 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.
* 2003 , Gilbert Buchanan, Malco Polia - Traveller, Warrior , page 52 ,
- Money was laid on the floor for bets on the heads'' or ''tails'' finish of two pennies tossed high into the air from a small wooden ''kip .
* 2010 , Colin McLaren, Sunflower: A Tale of Love, War and Intrigue , page 101 ,
- Jack discarded a length of wood, two twists of wire, his two-up kip and a spanner.
A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
Derived terms
* kip-up
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