kip

kip

See also: Kip

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: kĭp, IPA^(key): /kɪp/

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• Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1

1325–75, Middle English kipp, from Middle Dutch kip, from Middle Low German kip (“pack, bundle of hides”).

Alternative forms

• kipp, kippe, kyppe

Noun

kip (countable and uncountable, plural kips)

1. The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
2. A bundle or set of such hides.
3. (obsolete) A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
4. The leather made from such hide; kip leather.

Translations

untanned hide

Bulgarian: нещавена агнешка кожа (neštavena agneška koža) Finnish: nahas (fi)

Etymology 2

1760–70, probably related to Danish kippe (“dive, hovel, cheap inn”) and Middle Low German kiffe (“hovel”). From the same distant Germanic root as cove.

Noun

kip (plural kips)

1. (informal, chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
2. (informal, chiefly UK and Australia) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.

   I’m just going for my afternoon kip.

3. (informal, chiefly UK) A very untidy house or room.
4. (informal, chiefly UK, dated) A brothel.

Translations

sleep, snooze, nap

Bulgarian: дрямка (bg) f (drjamka), сън (bg) m (sǎn) Czech: šlofík (cs) m, zdřímnutí n, spánek (cs) m Dutch: dut (nl) n (usually in the diminutive, dutje), hazeslaapje n Finnish: uni (fi), torkut (fi) pl, nokoset (fi) pl Georgian: ძილი (ʒili), ჩათვლემა (čatvlema) Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Italian: riposo (it) Malay: please add this translation if you can Russian: со́н (ru) m (són), дрёма (ru) f (drjóma) Spanish: siesta (es) f Telugu: (please verify) మధ్యాహ్న నిద్ర (te) (madhyāhna nidra)

very untidy house or room

Bulgarian: бардак (bg) m (bardak) Dutch: keet (nl) f, hol (nl) n Finnish: läävä (fi)

Verb

kip (third-person singular simple present kips, present participle kipping, simple past and past participle kipped)

1. (informal, chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
   • 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 56:

     "Steady on, mate. How was I to know this was your gaff? I was lookin' for somewhere to kip."

   Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed.

   Synonym: (US) crash

Translations

to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation

Czech: přespat pf, schrupnout si (cs) pf, zdřímnout si (cs) pf Dutch: dutten (nl), een uiltje knappen, (informal) maffen (nl) Finnish: nukkua (fi), koisata (fi) German: pennen (de), schlafen (de), ratzen (de), pofen (de), knacken (de) Russian: перекантова́ться (ru) n (perekantovátʹsja), переночева́ть (ru) n (perenočevátʹ), заночева́ть (ru) n (zanočevátʹ), перекема́рить n (perekemáritʹ), покема́рить (ru) n (pokemáritʹ), всхрапну́ть (ru) n (vsxrapnútʹ)

Etymology 3

From Middle English kippen, possibly related to Old English cēpan (“to seize, hold, observe”) and modern Keep.' Possibly related to Old Norse kippa (“to pull; snatch”). Possible cognate with Norwegian kippe (“to snatch”), Swedish kippa (“to snatch; jerk”); Dutch kippen (“to seize; catch”).

Verb

kip (third-person singular simple present kips, present participle kipping, simple past and past participle kipped)

1. (transitive, dialectal, Scotland, Northern England) To snatch; take up hastily; filch
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To hold or keep (together)
3. (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England) To conduct oneself; act

Etymology 4

1910–15, Americanism, abbreviated from kilo + pound.

Noun

kip (plural kips)

1. A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
2. A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
3. (rare, nonstandard) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.

Etymology 5

1000 kip issued in 2003

1950–55, from Lao ກີບ (kīp).

Noun

kip (plural kip)

1. The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.

Translations

unit of currency in Laos

Arabic: كِيب‎ m (kīb) Chinese: Mandarin: 基普 (jīpǔ), 老撾基普／老挝基普 (Lǎowō jīpǔ) Dutch: kip (nl) m or f German: Kip (de) m Japanese: キープ (kīpu) Khmer: គីប (kiip) Korean: 킵 (kip) Lao: ກີບ (lo) (kīp) Russian: кип (ru) m (kip) Thai: กีบ (th) (gìip) Vietnamese: kíp (vi), kíp Lào

Etymology 6

Unknown. Perhaps related to Yorkshire and Lincolnshire dialect kep, to toss up into the air.[1] Or else, perhaps related to German Kippe (“stub”).

Noun

kip (plural kips)

1. (Australia, games, two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
   • 1951, Jon Cleary, The Sundowners, 1952, page 208,

     Again Turk placed the pennies on the kip. He took his time, deliberate over the small action, held the kip for a long breathless moment, then jerked his wrist and the pennies were in the air.

   • 2003, Gilbert Buchanan, Malco Polia - Traveller, Warrior, page 52,

     Money was laid on the floor for bets on the heads or tails finish of two pennies tossed high into the air from a small wooden kip.

   • 2010, Colin McLaren, Sunflower: A Tale of Love, War and Intrigue, page 101,

     Jack discarded a length of wood, two twists of wire, his two-up kip and a spanner.

References

1. James Lambert The Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary (Sydney: Macquarie Library) 2004, page 119.

Etymology 7

Unknown.

Noun

kip (plural kips)

1. (gymnastics) A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
2. (Scotland) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.

Derived terms

• kip-up

Translations

gymnastics: move or maneuver from below the equipment to above it

Finnish: kippi

Verb

kip (third-person singular simple present kips, present participle kipping, simple past and past participle kipped)

1. (gymnastics, intransitive) To perform the kip maneuver.

Anagrams

• KPI, PKI

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

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Adjective

kip (comparative daha kip, superlative ən kip)

1. tight, close (firmly held together; compact; not loose or open)

Adverb

kip

1. tight

   kip oturmaq ― to sit closely

   qapınıkip örtmək ― to shut the door tightly

   • 1988, Afaq Məsud, Qəza‎:

     Paltarın hər iki yanı hazır idi. Qalxıb gecə köynəyini soyundu, paltarı geyinib güzgünün qabağında dayandı. Paltar əyninə kip otururdu.

     Both sides of the dress were ready. She got up, took off her nightgown, put on the dress, and stood in front of the mirror. The dress sat tightly on her body.

Derived terms

• kip-kip

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪp/

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• Hyphenation: kip
• Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1

Possibly from an imitative birdcall, or related to Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn (compare kuiken and kieken).[1]

Noun

kip f (plural kippen, diminutive kippetje n or kipje n)

1. (chiefly Netherlands) A chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus.
2. A female chicken, a hen.

   Synonyms: hen, kieken, hoender

3. (dated, slang, Netherlands) A cop.

   Synonyms: flik, klabak, politieagent, smeris, wout

Derived terms

• batterijkip
• braadkip
• chloorkip
• kipcorn
• kip-eiverhaal
• kipfilet
• kiplekker
• kippenboer
• kippenborst
• kippenbout
• kippendief
• kippenei
• kippeneind
• kippenfokkerij
• kippengaas
• kippenhok
• kippenkontje
• kippenkoorts
• kippenlever
• kippenren
• kippensoep
• kippenvel
• kippenvlees
• kippenvoer
• kippig
• kiprollade
• kipschnitzel
• kip zonder kop
• krielkip
• legkip
• plofkip
• scharrelkip
• slachtkip
• soepkip
• wipkip

 

Descendants

• Petjo: kip (archaic)
• → Loup A: kipkip
• → Mohawk: kitkit
• → Mohegan-Pequot: kikipus

Etymology 2

From Lao ກີບ (kīp).

Noun

kip m (uncountable)

1. Kip, currency in Laos.

References

1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kip1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Anagrams

• pik

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheap.

Adjective

kip (neuter kipt, definite singular and plural kipe, comparative kipare, indefinite superlative kipast, definite superlative kipaste)

1. (pre-2005) alternative form of kjip

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kip/

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• Rhymes: -ip
• Syllabification: kip

Verb

kip

1. second-person singular imperative of kipieć

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French kip.

Noun

kip m (plural kipi)

1. kip

Declension

Declension of kip

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) kip	kipul	(niște) kipi	kipii
genitive/dative	(unui) kip	kipului	(unor) kipi	kipilor
vocative	kipule		kipilor

References

• kip in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kîːp/

Noun

kȋp m (Cyrillic spelling ки̑п)

1. statue

   Kip Slobode ― the Statue of Liberty

   Zeusov kip u Olimpiji ― the statue of Zeus at Olympia

   arheolog je pažljivo ispitao kip ― archeologist has carefully examined the statue

Declension

Declension of kip

	singular	plural
nominative	kȋp	kípovi
genitive	kipa	kipova
dative	kipu	kipovima
accusative	kip	kipove
vocative	kipe	kipovi
locative	kipu	kipovima
instrumental	kipom	kipovima

Derived terms

• ukípiti

References

• “kip” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kíːp/

Noun

kȋp m inan

1. statue

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kíp
gen. sing.	kípa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kíp	kípa	kípi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kípa	kípov	kípov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kípu	kípoma	kípom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kíp	kípa	kípe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kípu	kípih	kípih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kípom	kípoma	kípi

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Tocharian A

Etymology

Compare Tocharian B kwīpe.

Noun

kip m

1. shame

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Turkish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Karakhanid كِيبْ‎ (kīp), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *gēp. Doublet of gibi. Introduced during the language reform, displaced the Ottoman Turkish انموزج‎ (enmûzec).

Noun

kip (definite accusative kipi, plural kipler)

1. (grammar) verb mood

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kip
Definite accusative	kipi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kip	kipler
Definite accusative	kipi	kipleri
Dative	kipe	kiplere
Locative	kipte	kiplerde
Ablative	kipten	kiplerden
Genitive	kipin	kiplerin

Derived terms

• gibi

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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West Uvean

Etymology

From English key.

Noun

kip

1. key

References

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN