Plipn.²

Brit.

/plɪp/, U.S.

/plɪp/

Forms: 1900s– PLIP, 1900s– Plip, 1900s– plip.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: proper name Paul Lipschutz.

Etymology: Shortened < the name of Paul Lipschutz, French inventor who designed the system in 1978.

A remote control automatic locking system on a motor vehicle. Frequently attributive.

ΚΠ

1982 Times 19 Mar. 19 The owner of a Plip transmitter has less chance of opening another car with it than winning a prize in the French national lottery.

1987 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 15 Feb. The R25's other party trick is called PLIP, a remote control door locking and unlocking system.

1994 Weekend Tel. 18 June 19/1 The car-crime Eighties put paid to simple keys and we now have the electronic plip key.

2004 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 16 Apr. 7 Plip activated boot-opening release.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

plipint.n.¹

Brit.

/plɪp/, U.S.

/plɪp/

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare plop n., plop int., plup int. and n.

A. int.

Representing a small, abrupt, hollow sound, as of an object dropping into water, a bubble bursting softly, etc. Frequently reduplicated, or in combination with other similar sounds; cf. plip-plop n. and int.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [interjection]

chip-chop1784

plip1907

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [interjection] > plop

plump1597

plop1844

plip1907

1907 H. S. Gladstone in Brit. Birds 1 176 The female bird..uttering a low cry of ‘plip, plip’.

1939 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 7 July 7/7 A frog in a green jacket who came springing from the bank and landed—plip! on a water lily leaf.

1988 W. Horwood Duncton Quest (1989) xli. 792 Drips..fell now here, now there, now behind, plop! plip! plup!

1998 T. Lust Pass Polenta 200 I listened to the risotto go plip, plip, plip.

B. n.¹

Such a small hollow sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > hollowness > hollow sound

chock1877

whunk1935

plip1941

1941 R. L. Carson Under Sea-wind iii. 66 The cock phalarope on the nest heard a low Plip! Plip! Chiss-ick! Chiss-ick! from the hen.

1981 J. Kogawa Obasan xxxi. 205 There is a swift plip plip of water as frogs and toads disappear to safety.

2002 Nature Conservancy Summer 78/1 The fly, perhaps a small shrimp imitation, will make a quiet plip as it hits the water.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plip
释义	Plipn.² Brit. /plɪp/, U.S. /plɪp/ Forms: 1900s– PLIP, 1900s– Plip, 1900s– plip. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: proper name Paul Lipschutz. Etymology: Shortened < the name of Paul Lipschutz, French inventor who designed the system in 1978. A remote control automatic locking system on a motor vehicle. Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1982 Times 19 Mar. 19 The owner of a Plip transmitter has less chance of opening another car with it than winning a prize in the French national lottery. 1987 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 15 Feb. The R25's other party trick is called PLIP, a remote control door locking and unlocking system. 1994 Weekend Tel. 18 June 19/1 The car-crime Eighties put paid to simple keys and we now have the electronic plip key. 2004 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 16 Apr. 7 Plip activated boot-opening release. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). plipint.n.¹ Brit. /plɪp/, U.S. /plɪp/ Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare plop n., plop int., plup int. and n. A. int. Representing a small, abrupt, hollow sound, as of an object dropping into water, a bubble bursting softly, etc. Frequently reduplicated, or in combination with other similar sounds; cf. plip-plop n. and int. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [interjection] chip-chop1784 plip1907 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [interjection] > plop plump1597 plop1844 plip1907 1907 H. S. Gladstone in Brit. Birds 1 176 The female bird..uttering a low cry of ‘plip, plip’. 1939 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 7 July 7/7 A frog in a green jacket who came springing from the bank and landed—plip! on a water lily leaf. 1988 W. Horwood Duncton Quest (1989) xli. 792 Drips..fell now here, now there, now behind, plop! plip! plup! 1998 T. Lust Pass Polenta 200 I listened to the risotto go plip, plip, plip. B. n.¹ Such a small hollow sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > hollowness > hollow sound chock1877 whunk1935 plip1941 1941 R. L. Carson Under Sea-wind iii. 66 The cock phalarope on the nest heard a low Plip! Plip! Chiss-ick! Chiss-ick! from the hen. 1981 J. Kogawa Obasan xxxi. 205 There is a swift plip plip of water as frogs and toads disappear to safety. 2002 Nature Conservancy Summer 78/1 The fly, perhaps a small shrimp imitation, will make a quiet plip as it hits the water. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.²1982int.n.¹1907
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Plipn.2

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