pip
pronunciation
How to pronounce pip in British English:
UK [pɪp]
How to pronounce pip in American English:
US [ pɪp]
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- Noun:
- a disease of poultry
- a minor nonspecific ailment
- a small hard seed found in some fruits
- a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
- a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
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- Verb:
- kill by firing a missile
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- defeat thoroughly
Word Origin
- pip (n.1)
- "seed of an apple," 1797, shortened form of pipin "seed of a fleshy fruit" (early 14c.), from Old French pepin (13c.), probably from a root *pipp-, expressing smallness (compare Italian pippolo, Spanish pepita "seed, kernel").
- pip (n.2)
- "disease of birds," late 14c., probably from Middle Dutch pippe "mucus," from West Germanic *pipit (cognates: East Frisian pip, Middle High German pfipfiz, German Pips), an early borrowing from Vulgar Latin *pippita, unexplained alteration of Latin pituita "phlegm" (see pituitary).
- pip (n.3)
- "spot on a playing card, etc." c. 1600, peep, of unknown origin. Because of the original form, it is not considered as connected to pip (n.1). Related: Pips.
Example
- 1. Does pip get the girl of his dreams ?
- 2. On pip 's self regression in great expectations .
- 3. Look , aside from forgiving all of pip 's awful faults .
- 4. Along with the prosecution over the french-made faulty pip silicone breast implants , it has shaken the french medical world .
- 5. In great expectations , dickens used the limited perspective to introduce pip 's position , and used three pairs of contradictions to expound pip and other people 's characteristics .