pip

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Synonyms 1.4.1.2 Translations 1.4.2 Verb 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Noun 1.5.2 Verb 1.5.2.1 Synonyms 1.5.2.2 Translations 1.6 Etymology 5 1.6.1 Noun 1.7 Related terms 1.8 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Interjection 3 Swedish 3.1 Noun 3.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: pĭp, IPA: /pɪp/, SAMPA: /pIp/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɪp

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta.

[edit] Noun

pip (plural pips)

1. Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
2. (humorous) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.

[edit] Etymology 2

Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin.

[edit] Noun

pip (plural pips)

1. (obsolete) A pippin.
2. A seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as an peach, orange, or apple.
3. (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?

4. (British, dated, WW I, signalese) P in RAF phonetic alphabet

[edit] Derived terms

• pip emma

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[edit] Etymology 3

Origin uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.

[edit] Noun

pip (plural pips)

1. One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
2. (military, public service) One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.

[edit] Synonyms

• (symbol on playing card etc): spot

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[edit] Verb

to pip (third-person singular simple present pips, present participle pipping, simple past and past participle pipped)

1. To get the better of; to defeat

   He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.

2. To hit with a gunshot

   The hunter managed to pip 3 ducks from his blind.

[edit] Etymology 4

Imitative.

[edit] Noun

pip (plural pips)

1. One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to indicate count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.

[edit] Verb

to pip (third-person singular simple present pips, present participle pipping, simple past and past participle pipped)

1. To peep, to chirp
2. (avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg

[edit] Synonyms

• (electronic sound): (counting down seconds) stroke

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[edit] Etymology 5

Abbreviation of percentage in point.

[edit] Noun

pip (plural pips)

1. (finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.

[edit] Related terms

• pip at the post
• pipsqueak
• give the pip to

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ipp
• PPI

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Interjection

pip

1. (onomatopoeia) chirp, peep (from a bird).

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

pip (n)

Inflection for pip	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	pip	pipet	pip	pipen
Possessive form	pips	pipets	pips	pipens

1. squeak, beep

[edit] Verb

pip

1. Imperative of of pipa.