pip
pip1 / pip/ •
n. a small hard seed in a fruit.DERIVATIVES: pip·less / ˈpiplɨs/ adj.pip2 •
n. a small shape or symbol, in particular: ∎ any of the spots on playing cards, dice, or dominoes. ∎ a single blossom of a clustered head of flowers. ∎ a diamond-shaped segment of the surface of a pineapple. ∎ an image of an object on a radar screen; blip. ∎ Brit. a star (1–3 according to rank) on the shoulder of an army officer's uniform.pip3 •
n. a disease of poultry or other birds causing thick mucus in the throat and white scale on the tongue.PHRASES: give someone the pip inf., dated make someone angry or depressed.pip4 •
v. (pipped
, pip·ping
) [tr.] (of a young bird) crack (the shell of the egg) when hatching.pip5 Brit., inf. •
v. (pipped
, pip·ping
) [tr.] (usu. be pipped) defeat by a small margin or at the last moment: you were just pipped for the prize. ∎ dated hit or wound (someone) with a gunshot.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
PIP
PIP (
Peru) Policía de Investigiones del Peru Federales (Spanish: Peruvian Federal Investigation Police; Peruvian equivalent of the
FBI)
The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH
pip
pip1 disease of birds marked by secretion of thick mucus. XV. — MLG.
pip, MDu.
pippe, reduced form corr. to OHG.
pfiffiz :- WGmc. *
pipit — medL. *
pip(p)īta, presumably alt. of
pītuīta mucus; pip.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
pip
pip3 †pippin (apple) XVI; seed of fleshy fruits XVIII. Shortening of
PIPPIN.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
pip
pip2 each of the spots on playing-cards, dice, etc. XVI; single blossom of an inflorescence XVIII. Earlier
peepe, of unkn. orig.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
