pip
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: pĭp, IPA(key): /pɪp/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪp
Etymology 1
From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm, head cold”). Doublet of pituita.
Noun
pip (plural pips)
- Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza. [from the 15th c.]
- (humorous, dated) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
- 1912, D. H. Lawrence, letter to Edward Garnett
- I've got the pip horribly at present.
- 1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of the Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, page 13:
- Fer, as the poit sez, me 'eart 'as got / The pip wiv yearnin' fer - I dunno wot.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IV:
- With this deal Uncle Tom's got on with Homer Cream, it would be fatal to risk giving [Mrs Cream] the pip in any way.
- 1912, D. H. Lawrence, letter to Edward Garnett
Derived terms
- like a chicken with the pip
Translations
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Etymology 2
Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin).
Noun
pip (plural pips)
- (obsolete) A pippin, seed of any kind.
- (UK) A seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple.
- 1995, Brown, John Pairman, Israel and Hellas (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 231), volume 1, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 134:
- On most of the shores of the ancient Mediterranean, before any historical record, the cultivated grape vine, Vitis vinifera Linn., was grown. Its relationship to the wild vine of Eurasia, Vitis silvestris Gmel., is uncertain. Its pips can mostly be distinguished from those of the wild vine, and have been found in Egypt and Syrian Hama from the fourth millennium BC, at Lachish and Jericho in the early Bronze, at Troy II during the Bronze, in the Peloponnesus from Early Helladic, in Crete from the Early Minoan.
- Apple pips are edible, but don't have a pleasant taste.
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- (UK) A seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple.
- (US, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 612:
- She sure is a pip, that one. You need company?
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 612:
- (Britain, dated, World War I, signalese) P in RAF phonetic alphabet.
Derived terms
- pip emma
- until the pips squeak
Translations
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Verb
pip (third-person singular simple present pips, present participle pipping, simple past and past participle pipped)
- (transitive) To remove the pips from.
- Peel and pip the grapes.
Etymology 3
Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.
Noun
pip (plural pips)
- One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
- (military, public service) One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
- A spot; a speck.
- A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
- A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
Synonyms
- (symbol on playing card etc): spot
Translations
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Verb
pip (third-person singular simple present pips, present participle pipping, simple past and past participle pipped)
- To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin
- He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
- 2022 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham: Gunners show identity & direction in outstanding derby win”, in BBC Sport:
- Arteta faced much scrutiny after Spurs pipped the Gunners to Champions League football on the final day of last season, with opposite number Conte deservedly hailed for the transformation he had overseen in just a few months at the helm.
- To hit with a gunshot
- The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.
Etymology 4
Imitative.
Verb
pip (third-person singular simple present pips, present participle pipping, simple past and past participle pipped)
- To peep, to chirp
- (avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg
Etymology 5
Imitative.
Noun
pip (plural pips)
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- One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.
- 1982 John Banville, The Newton Letter
- I could clearly hear the frequent cataclysms of the upstairs lavatory, and my day began with the pips for the morning news in Charlotte Lawless's kitchen.
- 1982 John Banville, The Newton Letter
Synonyms
- (electronic sound, counting down seconds): stroke
Translations
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Etymology 6
Abbreviation of percentage in point.
Noun
pip (plural pips)
- (finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
- 2015, Abe Cofnas, “Trading Styles and Strategies”, in The Forex Trading Course: A Self-study Guide to Becoming a Successful Currency Trader, 2nd edition, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, part II (Timing the Trade with Technical Analysis), page 157:
- The set-and-forget trader is playing fundamental direction and is seeking very large moves of 150 to 300 pips. This trader doesn't want to sit and watch the screen but play the longer moves and forces behind forex.
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Related terms
- pip to the post
- pip at the post
- pipsqueak
- give the pip to, give someone the pip
Anagrams
- IPP, PPI
Albanian
Etymology 1
A descriptive term, similar to German piepen and Latin pipīre.
Verb
pip (first-person singular past tense pipa, participle pipur)
- to peep, to chirp
Etymology 2
From Romance *pīpa, also present in Old French pipe, Italian pipa etc.
Noun
pip f (indefinite plural pipa, definite singular pipa, definite plural pipat)
- sprout, shoot
- pipe, tube
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse *pípa, from Proto-Germanic *pīpaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pip/, [pʰib̥]
Noun
pip n (singular definite pippet, plural indefinite pip)
- chirp, peep, tweet
- bleep
Inflection
neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pip | pippet | pip | pippene |
genitive | pips | pippets | pips | pippenes |
Noun
pip n
- (dated) nonsense, gibberish, madness
- 2015, William Heinesen, Tårnet ved verdens ende: En poetisk mosaik-roman om den yngste ungdom, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- Sådan noget pip!
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1975, Manfred Spliedt, Sådan en dum knægt
- Sikke noget pip.
- 1975, Aksel Sandemose, Minner fra andre dager
- Jeg var forarget over saadan noget Pip ...
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch pippe, pip, pips (“pip”, also “cold, flu”), ultimately from post-classical Latin pip(p)ita, from Latin pītuīta (“slime, head cold”).
The word was borrowed into West Germanic before the High German consonant shift as *pippit, whence Old High German pfipfiz and (Central German) pipz, *pippiz (modern German Pips, obsolete Pfipfs). In Dutch and Low German we should expect a form such as *pippet, which is not attested, however. One possibility is that these dialects borrowed the Central German form and the final s-sound was later reanalysed as the genitive suffix. Middle Dutch also had pipeye, from Old French pipie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɪp/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pip
- Rhymes: -ɪp
Noun
pip m (uncountable)
- Pip (any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza).
- (humorous or colloquial) Of humans, a disease (particularly the common cold or the flu), malaise or depression.
Derived terms
- pips
- de pip krijgen
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
pip
- peep
- squeak
Noun
pip n (definite singular pipet, indefinite plural pip, definite plural pipa)
- peeping sound
- act of producing a single peeping sound
Etymology 2
Specialized use of Etymology 1.
Noun
pip m (definite singular pipen, indefinite plural pipar, definite plural pipane)
- used in the expression ta pipen frå.
- resolve
Noun
pip m (definite singular pipen, indefinite plural pipar, definite plural pipane)
- peepee, penis
References
- “pip” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse *pípa, from Proto-Germanic *pīpaną.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːp
Interjection
pip
- beep
- Pip! Datorn pep.
- Beep! The computer beeped.
- squeak, peep
- "Pip!" sa musen och fågelungen
- The mouse squeaked and the baby bird peeped
Noun
pip n
- beep
- Datorn gav ifrån sig ett pip
- The computer emitted a beep
- squeak, peep
- Pip hördes från mössen och fågelungarna
- Squeaks were heard from the mice and peeps from the baby birds
Declension
Declension of pip | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pip | pipet | pip | pipen |
Genitive | pips | pipets | pips | pipens |
Related terms
- pipa
- pippi
Verb
pip
- imperative of pipa.
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from French pipe and English pipe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pip/
Noun
pip (nominative plural pips)
- pipe (for smoking)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | pip | pips |
genitive | pipa | pipas |
dative | pipe | pipes |
accusative | pipi | pipis |
vocative 1 | o pip! | o pips! |
predicative 2 | pipu | pipus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Related terms
- smokön
- tabak