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kip¹
- /kɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
1325–75, Middle English kipp, from Middle Dutch kip, from Middle Low German kip (“pack, bundle of hides”).
noun kips · kipp · kippe · kyppe
- The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
- A bundle or set of such hides.
- A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
- The leather made from such hide. 'Stockings, madam? Shoes?' 'Yes, your Honor — both.' 'Yarn, perhaps? Morocco?' 'Yarn, your Honor. And kip.'
kip²
- /kɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
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 kips
- A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
- Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze. I’m just going for my afternoon kip.
- A very untidy house or room.
- A brothel.
- A job. —I get paid this morning, Stephen said. —The school kip? Buck Mulligan said. How much?
verb kips · kipping · kipped
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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.
Similar: crash
kip³
- /kɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
From Middle English kippen, from Old Norse kippa (“to pull; snatch”) or Middle Dutch kippen (“to grasp, seize, catch”). Cognate with Norwegian kippe (“to snatch”), Swedish kippa (“to snatch; jerk”); Dutch kippen (“to seize; catch”). Perhaps conflated with some senses of Middle English kepen (“to keep, observe, guard, take possession of, snatch”) (see keep).
verb kips · kipping · kipped
- To snatch; take up hastily; filch
- To hold or keep (together)
- To conduct oneself; act
kip⁴
- /kɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
1910–15, Americanism, abbreviated from kilo + pound.
noun kips
- A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
- A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
- A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
kip⁵
- /kɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
1950–55, from Lao ກີບ (kīp).
noun kip
- The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
kip⁶
- /kɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
Unknown. Perhaps related to Yorkshire and Lincolnshire dialect kep, to toss up into the air. Or else, perhaps related to German Kippe (“stub”).
noun kips
- A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up. 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.
kip⁷
- /kɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
From kip (“sleep, lie down”).
noun kips
- 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.
- A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
verb kips · kipping · kipped
- To perform the kip maneuver.
Kip⁸
Where it comes from
Clipping of Kipling.
proper noun Kips
- A diminutive of the male given name Kipling.
KIP⁹
noun KIPs
- Initialism of kinetic impact round (baton round).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: slumber, sleep, gorge, bed, gap, cape, cip, xia, kei, kidskin, lamb, slink, hide, goatskin, oxhide, oxskin
Translations
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verb to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation
| Deutsch | pennen, schlafen, ratzen, pofen, knacken |
|---|---|
| Русский | перекантова́ться perekantovátʹsja, переночева́ть perenočevátʹ, заночева́ть zanočevátʹ, перекема́рить perekemáritʹ, покема́рить pokemáritʹ, всхрапну́ть vsxrapnútʹ |
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title = {kip},
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