pip

pip ¹  (pp)

n.

The small seed of a fruit, as that of an apple or orange.

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[Short for pippin.]

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pip ²  (pp)

tr.v. pipped, pip·ping, pips Chiefly British

1. To wound or kill with a bullet.

2. To get the better of; defeat.

3. To blackball.

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[Possibly from pip³.]

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pip ³  (pp)

n.

1. Games

a. A dot indicating a unit of numerical value on dice or dominoes.

b. A mark indicating the suit or numerical value of a playing card.

2. A spot or speck.

3. A rootstock of certain flowering plants, especially the lily of the valley.

4. Any of the small segments that make up the surface of a pineapple.

5. Informal A shoulder insignia indicating the rank of certain officers, as in the British Army.

6. See blip.

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[Origin unknown.]

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pip ⁴  (pp)

v. pipped, pip·ping, pips

v.tr.

To break through (the shell) in hatching. Used of a chick.

v.intr.

To peep or chirp, as a chick does.

n.

A short, high-pitched radio signal.

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[Variant of peep¹ and peep².]

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pip ¹

Noun

the seed of a fleshy fruit, such as an apple or pear [short for pippin]

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pip ²

Noun

1. a short high-pitched sound used as a time signal on radio

2. any of the spots on a playing card, dice, or domino

3. Informal the emblem worn on the shoulder by junior officers in the British Army, indicating their rank [imitative]

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pip ³

Noun

1. a contagious disease of poultry

2. Facetious slang a minor human ailment

3. give someone the pip Brit, NZ & S African slang to annoy someone: it really gives me the pip

4. get or have the pip NZ slang to sulk [Middle Dutch pippe]

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pip ⁴

Verb

[pipping, pipped] pip someone at the post Brit & NZ slang to defeat someone whose success seems certain [probably from pip²]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pip - a disease of poultry animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings
	2.	pip - a minor nonspecific ailment ailment, complaint, ill - an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
	3.	pip - a small hard seed found in some fruits seed - a small hard fruit
	4.	pip - a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) spot playing card - one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games marking, mark, marker - a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep"
	5.	pip - a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface radar target, blip radar echo - an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object
Verb	1.	pip - kill by firing a missile shoot shoot, pip, hit - hit with a missile from a weapon kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" flight - shoot a bird in flight pick off - shoot one by one
	2.	pip - hit with a missile from a weapon shoot, hit injure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to strike, hit - make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" shoot, blast - fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away" gun down - strike down or shoot down grass - shoot down, of birds kneecap - shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning; "They kneecapped the industrialist" pip, shoot - kill by firing a missile
	3.	pip - defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" worst, whip, mop up, rack up beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"

Translations

pip [pɪp] n (= seed) → pepita;

the pips (BRIT) (TEL) → la señal

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pip [pɪp] n (= seed) → pépin m;

pips npl the pips (Brit) (= time signal on radio); le top

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pip [pɪp] n [of apple, orange] → Kern m

vt to be pipped at the post (Brit) (fig); um Haaresbreite geschlagen werden;

the pips npl (Brit) (Radio) → das Zeitzeichen

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pip [pɪp] n (= seed) → seme m (= time signal on radio); segnale m orario