kip

kip ¹  (kp)

n. pl. kip

See Table at currency.

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[Thai.]

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kip ²  (kp)

n.

1. The untanned hide of a small or young animal, such as a calf.

2. A set or bundle of such hides.

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[Middle English, bundle of animal hides, perhaps from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German.]

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kip ³  (kp) Chiefly British Slang

n.

1. A rooming house.

2. A place to sleep; a bed.

3. Sleep.

intr.v. kipped, kip·ping, kips

To sleep.

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[Perhaps from Danish kippe, cheap inn; akin to Old Norse -kippa (as in kornkippa, seed-corn holder) and Low German kiffe, hovel.]

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kip Brit slang

Noun

1. sleep: a couple of hours' kip

2. a bed

Verb

[kipping, kipped]

1. to sleep or take a nap

2. kip down to sleep in a makeshift bed [origin unknown]

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Kip a set or bundles of hides of young or small beasts, e.g., calves or lambs.

Examples: kip of chamois skins [30 skins], 1890; of goatskin [50 skins], 1612; of lambs skins [30 skins], 1525.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kip - sleep; "roused him from his kip" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom nap, sleep - a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"
	2.	kip - the basic unit of money in Laos Laotian monetary unit - monetary unit in Laos at - 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
	3.	kip - a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright upstart gymnastic exercise - (gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus)
Verb	1.	kip - be asleep catch some Z's, log Z's, sleep, slumber rest - be at rest practice bundling, bundle - sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed catch a wink, catnap, nap - take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour" sleep in, sleep late - sleep later than usual or customary; "On Sundays, I sleep in" hibernate, hole up - sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves" aestivate, estivate - sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate"