kip

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Alternative spellings 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Synonyms 1.3.2.2 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Noun 1.5.1.1 Translations 1.6 Etymology 5 1.6.1 Noun 1.6.1.1 Translations 1.7 Anagrams 2 Croatian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 Derived terms 4 Slovene 4.1 Noun 5 Turkish 5.1 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: kĭp, IPA: /kɪp/, SAMPA: /kIp/

  Rhymes: -ɪp

[edit] Etymology 1

1325–75, Middle English kipp < Middle Dutch kip < Middle Low German kip (“‘pack, bundle of hides’”)

[edit] Alternative spellings

• kipp, kippe, kyppe

[edit] Noun

kip (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.

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[edit] 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.

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kip (plural kips)

1. (informal, chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
2. (informal, chiefly UK) 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.

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to 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.

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

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• crash (US)

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[edit] Etymology 3

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

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kip (plural kips)

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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.

[edit] Etymology 4

1950–55, from Lao ກີບ (kiip).

[edit] Noun

kip (plural kip)

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

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[edit] Etymology 5

Unknown. Some maybe related to German Kippe (“‘stub’”).

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kip (plural kips)

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1. (gymnastics) A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, 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. (Australian, dated) Piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
3. (Scots) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.

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• Alphagram: ikp
• KPI
• PKI

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Hungarian kép.

[edit] Noun

kip m (plural kipovi)

1. Statue.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Belgium) IPA: /kɪp/

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• (Netherlands) IPA: /kɪp/

[edit] Noun

kip f. (plural kippen, diminutive kipje)

1. Hen, chicken.

kip m. and f. (no plural, no diminutive)

1. Kip, currency in Laos.

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• (chicken): hen, kieken, hoender

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• kippenvel
• kippenvlees

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[edit] Slovene

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kip m.

1. statue

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Noun

kip

1. form