pip
1one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes: You need to match the two pips on this domino with two pips on one of your dominoes.
each of the small segments into which the surface of a pineapple is divided: Cut off the top of the pineapple, slicing through the first row of pips.
Informal. metal insigne of rank on the shoulders of commissioned officers: the museum's collection of German pips and buttons.
Horticulture.
an individual rootstock of a plant, especially of the lily of the valley: This low-growing perennial forms dense clumps from its slender pips.
a portion of the rootstock or root of several other plants: The peony's pips are those budlike growths at the top of the tuber.
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Veterinary Pathology: Older Use. a contagious disease of birds, especially poultry, characterized by the secretion of a thick mucus in the mouth and throat: The last thing they wanted to find in the henhouse was a chicken with pip.
Facetious.Usually the pip . any minor or unspecified ailment in a person: Oh, no, not that annoying neighbor—he gives me the pip.
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a small seed, especially of a fleshy fruit, as an apple or orange: Does the juicer remove the pips or just grind them up?
Also called pipperoo. Informal. someone or something wonderful: Last night's party was a pip.
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to peep or chirp: Listen to those chicks pip!
(of a hatching bird) to break out from the shell: How long before the eaglets start pipping?
to crack or chip a hole through (the shell), as a hatching bird: All but one of the new brood has pipped through their shells.
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to blackball: Are you telling me I've been pipped from the entire music industry?
to defeat (an opponent): No one expected our team to pip those hotshots from Birmingham.
to shoot, especially to wound or kill by a gunshot: Get that pistol out of here before someone gets pipped.
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a male given name, form of Philip.
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How to use pip in a sentence
A very young Gladys Knight, already possessed of a very big voice, storms the stage with her Pips.
Three New Music Documentaries Celebrate the Cosmic Connection Between Artist and Audience | Stephanie Zacharek | July 2, 2021 | TimeAnd then there was pip, the boy in the novel who also falls in love with her.
But it took another 20 years for his son, Owen “pip” Brennan, Jr. to make the Krewe synonymous with Mardi Gras.
pip walking down the hallway of her adolescence sporting unromantic hair.
The allusion is to a game of cards called one-and-thirty; thirty-two is a pip too many.
The Fatal Dowry | Philip Massinger
He told them that at Railhead were many bad pip-ple, who swore, and drank a great deal more than was good for them.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsIt spreads rapidly, sending up a flower-stalk from every "pip."
Amateur Gardencraft | Eben E. RexfordThere's Miss Pamela, that ought to be goin' to be married a week from next Tuesday, goin' round as mopy as a chicken wid the pip.
The Quiver 3/1900 | AnonymousAll this time he was tilting poor pip backwards till he was dreadfully frightened and giddy.
Charles Dickens' Children Stories | Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for pip (1 of 4)
/ (pɪp) /
the seed of a fleshy fruit, such as an apple or pear
any of the segments marking the surface of a pineapple
a rootstock or flower of the lily of the valley or certain other plants
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1British Dictionary definitions for pip (2 of 4)
/ (pɪp) /
a short high-pitched sound, a sequence of which can act as a time signal, esp on radio
a radar blip
a spot or single device, such as a spade, diamond, heart, or club on a playing card
any of the spots on dice or dominoes
Also called: star informal the emblem worn on the shoulder by junior officers in the British Army, indicating their rank
(of a young bird)
(intr) to chirp; peep
to pierce (the shell of its egg) while hatching
(intr) to make a short high-pitched sound
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2British Dictionary definitions for pip (3 of 4)
/ (pɪp) /
a contagious disease of poultry characterized by the secretion of thick mucus in the mouth and throat
facetious, slang a minor human ailment
British, Australian, NZ and Southern African slang a bad temper or depression (esp in the phrase give (someone) the pip)
get the pip or have the pip NZ informal to sulk
British slang to cause to be annoyed or depressed
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3British Dictionary definitions for pip (4 of 4)
/ (pɪp) /
to wound or kill, esp with a gun
to defeat (a person), esp when his success seems certain (often in the phrase pip at the post)
to blackball or ostracize
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