kip
1the hide of a young or small beast.
a bundle or set of such hides.
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a unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds (453.6 kilograms).
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a bed or a lodging house.
to sleep or nap.
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Also called kip-up [kip-uhp], /ˈkɪpˌʌp/, kick-up [kik-uhp] /ˈkɪkˌʌp/ . an acrobatic movement in which a person moves from a position lying on the back to a standing position with a vigorous swing of both legs coordinated with a launching push of the arms.
Also kick up . to perform a kip (often followed by up).
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How to use kip in a sentence
Suddenly another change came over her features, and her full red kips trembled as with suppressed emotion.
Clotelle | William Wells BrownI visited three kips there, saw eighty-four new faces, and learned something about the wages of beggars in England.
Tramping with Tramps | Josiah FlyntSays 'e's got some kind o' water wot kips hun' from growink hold, My heye!
Shielgreen Kips on the one hand, and the Lee Pen on the other, stood out as prominent peaks against the bright blue sky.
East Indian hides are known as kips, and are supposed to be, and should be, the hides of yearling cattle.
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/ (kɪp) slang /
British sleep or slumber: to get some kip
British a bed or lodging
Irish a brothel
British to sleep or take a nap
British (foll by down) to prepare for sleep
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kipskin (ˈkɪpˌskɪn)
/ (kɪp) /
the hide of a young animal, esp a calf or lamb
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2British Dictionary definitions for kip (3 of 5)
/ (kɪp) /
a unit of weight equal to one thousand pounds
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/ (kɪp) /
the standard monetary unit of Laos, divided into 100 at
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/ (kɪp) /
Australian a small board used to spin the coins in two-up
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