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pip I. \ˈpip\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, pippe nasal mucus, slime, pip; akin to Old High German pfiffīz, pfiffiz pip; both from a prehistoric West Germanic word borrowed from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pipita, alteration of Latin pituita nasal mucus, phlegm, pip; akin to Old Irish ith grain, Sanskrit pitu drink, food, Latin opimus fat, fertile — more at fat 1. a. : the formation of a scale or crust on the tip and dorsal surface of the tongue of a bird often associated with respiratory diseases b. : the scale or crust itself 2. a. : any of various ailments formerly or locally identified as syphilis, dyspepsia, a slight cough, or other ailment b. : a fit of peevishness or feeling out of sorts : a slight nonspecific disorder : mild malaise — usually used with the < gives me the pip, the way some of them make a fuss about it — Dorothy Sayers > II. noun (-s) Etymology: alteration of earlier peep, of unknown origin 1. a. : one of the dots used on dice and dominoes to indicate numerical value b. : spot 3c(1) 2. a. : spot, speck, protuberance b. : an image in the form of an inverted V or a spot of light on a radarscope or sonar screen indicating the return of radar or sound waves reflected from an object : blip c. : an inverted V on the line of a graph 3. a. : the individual rootstock of the lily of the valley producing leaves and a flower stalk b. : any of various other dormant roots or rootstocks (as of peonies and anemones) 4. : one of the segments forming the surface of a pineapple 5. : a diamond-shaped insignia worn to indicate rank (as by a second lieutenant, lieutenant, or captain) in the British army < the three pips of a captain > III. verb (pipped ; pipped ; pipping ; pips) transitive verb 1. Britain : blackball 2. Britain : defeat < pipped his opponent in the race > 3. Britain : kill intransitive verb : die — sometimes used with out IV. noun (-s) Etymology: short for pippin 1. : a small fruit seed; especially : a seed of a fleshy fruit (as the orange, apple, pear) having several seeds 2. slang : something extraordinary of its kind : pippin < the gal's a pip and I'm going to marry her — Ring Lardner > < created a traffic jam that was a pip — Emmett Kelly > V. verb (pipped ; pipped ; pipping ; pips) Etymology: imitative intransitive verb 1. : peep I 1 2. a. of a hatching bird : to break through the shell of the egg b. of an egg : to break open from pipping transitive verb : to break open (the shell of an egg) in hatching VI. noun (-s) Etymology: imitative : a short high-pitched tone produced as a signal < broadcast six pips as a time signal > |