kip.
The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
1325–75, Middle English kipp, from Middle Dutch kip, from Middle Low German kip (“pack, bundle of hides”).
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.
Where this word 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.
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.
Where this word 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.
To snatch; take up hastily; filch
To hold or keep (together)
To conduct oneself; act
Where this word 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).
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.
Where this word comes from
1910–15, Americanism, abbreviated from kilo + pound.
The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
Where this word comes from
1950–55, from Lao ກີບ (kīp).
A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
Where this word 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”).
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.
Where this word comes from
From kip (“sleep, lie down”).
To perform the kip maneuver.
Where this word comes from
From kip (“sleep, lie down”).
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