kip
1 of 5noun (1)
ˈkip 
1
: bed
ready for the kip after this screwball day
K. M. Dodson
K. M. Dodson2
chiefly British : sleep, nap
roused the … family from their kip Sylvia Margolis
Sylvia Margoliskip
2 of 5verb
ˈkip
kipped; kipping
intransitive verb
British
: sleep —sometimes used with down
kip down on a spare bed Alice Glenday
Alice Glendaykip
3 of 5noun (2)
ˈkip
ˈgip
plural kip or kips
the basic monetary unit of Laos see Money Table
kip
4 of 5noun (3)
ˈkip
: a unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds (454 kilograms) used to express deadweight load
kip
5 of 5noun (4)
ˈkip
: a bundle of undressed hides of young or small animals
also : one of the hides
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- bed
- bunk
- doss [chiefly British]
- hay [slang]
- lair [British dialect]
- pad
- rack
- sack
Verb
- catnap
- doze
- drowse
- nap
- slumber
- snooze
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Verb Can I kip here tonight? after a rigorous walk over the Devon moors, I needed to kip down a bit on the daybed
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
perhaps from Danish kippe cheap tavern
Noun (2)
Lao kì:p, literally, ingot
Noun (3)
kilo- + pound
Noun (4)
obsolete Dutch; akin to Middle Low German kip bundle of hides
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1879, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
circa 1889, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1955, in the meaning defined above
Noun (3)
1914, in the meaning defined above
Noun (4)
circa 1525, in the meaning defined above
kips 1 of 2
noun
1
as in beds
a place set aside for sleeping he was in kip when I knocked on the door Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- beds
- bunks
- hays
- racks
- couches
- mattresses
- sacks
- sofas
- pallets
- dosses
- bedsteads
- cribs
- hammocks
- lairs
- pads
- feather beds
- cots
- bunk beds
- water beds
- futon
- futons
- sofa beds
- daybeds
- cradles
- studio couches
- four-posters
- Murphy beds
- trundle beds
- shakedowns
- bassinets
- carry-cots
- sleigh beds
2
as in naps
chiefly British a short sleep after an afternoon kip, we were ready to sample all the nightlife that London had to offer Synonyms & Similar Words
- naps
- dozes
- winks
- catnaps
- forty winks
- snoozes
- drowses
- reposes
- siestas
- rests
- slumbers
- beds
kips
2 of 2verb
as in dozes
to sleep lightly or briefly after a rigorous walk over the Devon moors, I needed to kip down a bit on the daybed Synonyms & Similar Words
- naps
- dozes
- rests
- snoozes
- relaxes
- catnaps
- slumbers
- drowses
- roosts
- lulls
- lies
- lays
- couches
- reposes
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- rises
- awakens
- wakens
- awakes
- rouses
- wakes (up)
- arises
- uprises
- arouses
- gets up