pip.
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
Meaning & usage
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
A disease, malaise or depression in humans.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm, head cold”). Doublet of pituita.
A pippin, seed of any kind.
A pippin, seed of any kind. A seed inside certain fleshy fruits, such as the stone (pit) of a stonefruit or the smaller seeds of an orange or apple.
Apple pips are edible, but don't have a pleasant taste.
Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
P in RAF phonetic alphabet.
Where this word comes from
Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin, q.v.).
To remove the pips from.
Peel and pip the grapes.
Where this word comes from
Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin, q.v.).
One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
A spot; a speck.
A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
Where this word comes from
Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.
To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin.
He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
To hit with a gunshot.
The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.
Where this word comes from
Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.
To peep, to chirp.
To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.
Where this word comes from
Imitative.
One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.
Where this word comes from
Imitative.
The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
Where this word comes from
Abbreviation of percentage in point.
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