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Definition of 'pip'English
(pip)
Etymology 1
From (etyl) pippe, from Middle (etyl) pip, from post-classical (etyl) pipita, from (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
(humorous) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
* , letter to Edward Garnett
- I've got the pip horribly at present.
* {{quote-book
|year=1960
|author=
|title=( Jeeves in the Offing)
|section=chapter IV
|passage=With this deal Uncle Tom's got on with Homer Cream, it would be fatal to risk giving [Mrs Cream] the pip in any way.}}
Derived terms
* like a chicken with the pip
Etymology 2
Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from (etyl) pipin, from (etyl) ).
Noun
( en-noun)
(obsolete) A pippin.
A seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple.
(US|colloquial) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 612:
- She sure is a pip , that one. You need company?
(British|dated|WW I|signalese) P in (RAF phonetic alphabet)
Derived terms
* pip emma
Etymology 3
Origin uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.
Noun
( en-noun)
One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
(military|public service) One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
A spot; a speck.
A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
Synonyms
* (symbol on playing card etc) spot
Verb
To get the better of; to defeat
- He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
To hit with a gunshot
- The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.
Etymology 4
Imitative.
Verb
To peep, to chirp
(avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg
Etymology 5
Imitative.
Noun
( en-noun)
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 if he is to continue his call.
Synonyms
* (sense) stroke
Etymology 6
Noun
( en-noun)
(finance|currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
Related terms
* pip to the post
* pip at the post
* pipsqueak
* give the pip to, give someone the pip
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