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Pip

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Noun

1. pip

a disease of poultry

2. pip

a minor nonspecific ailment

3. pip

a small hard seed found in some fruits

4. pip, spot

a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)

5. blip, pip, radar target

a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface

Verb

6. pip, shoot

kill by firing a missile

7. hit, pip, shoot

hit with a missile from a weapon

8. mop up, pip, rack up, whip, worst

defeat thoroughly

Example Sentences:
'He mopped up the floor with his opponents'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Pip

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noun
1. 
the seed of a fleshy fruit, such as an apple or pear
2. 
any of the segments marking the surface of a pineapple
3. 
a rootstock or flower of the lily of the valley or certain other plants
noun
1. 
a short high-pitched sound, a sequence of which can act as a time signal, esp on radio
2. 
a radar blip
3. 
a. 
a spot or single device, such as a spade, diamond, heart, or club on a playing card
b. 
any of the spots on dice or dominoes
4. Also called: star informal
the emblem worn on the shoulder by junior officers in the British Army, indicating their rank
verbWord forms: pips, pipping or pipped
5. (of a young bird)
a. (intransitive)
to chirp; peep
b. 
to pierce (the shell of its egg) while hatching
6. (intransitive)
to make a short high-pitched sound
noun
1. 
a contagious disease of poultry characterized by the secretion of thick mucus in the mouth and throat
2. facetious, slang
a minor human ailment
3. British, Australian, New Zealand and South Africa slang
a bad temper or depression (esp in the phrase give (someone) the pip)
4.  get the pip
verbWord forms: pips, pipping or pipped
5. British slang
to cause to be annoyed or depressed
verbWord forms: pips, pipping or pipped (transitive) British slang
1. 
to wound or kill, esp with a gun
2. 
to defeat (a person), esp when his or her success seems certain (often in the phrase pip at the post)
3. 
to blackball or ostracize

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Pip

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noun
1. 
a small seed, as of an apple, pear, or orange
2.  Slang, Obsolete
a person or thing much admired
noun
1. 
any of the suit-indicating figures on playing cards, or any of the dots on dice or dominoes
2.  Informal
a starlike shoulder insignia worn by certain officers in the British army
3. 
any of the diamond-shaped divisions of the skin of a pineapple
4. 
a single rootstock or flower of the lily of the valley, peony, etc.
5. 
blip (sense 1)
verb intransitiveWord forms: pipped or ˈpipping
1. 
to peep or chirp, as a young bird
verb transitive
2. 
to break through (the shell)
said of a hatching chick
noun
1. 
a contagious disease of fowl, characterized by the secretion of mucus in the throat and the formation of a scab on the tongue
2.  Informal
any unspecified human ailment: a jocular usage
verb transitiveWord forms: pipped or ˈpipping
British
to defeat in a competition by a narrow margin

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Pip

see synonyms of pip
n.
The small seed of a fruit, as that of an apple or orange.
tr.v. pipped, pip·ping, pips
Chiefly British
1. To wound or kill with a bullet.
2. To defeat.
3. To blackball.
n.
1. Games
a. A dot indicating a unit of numerical value on dice or dominoes.
b. A mark indicating the suit or numerical value of a playing card.
2. A spot or speck.
3. A rootstock of certain flowering plants, especially the lily of the valley.
4. Any of the small segments that make up the surface of a pineapple.
5. Informal A shoulder insignia indicating the rank of certain officers, as in the British Army.
6. See blip.
v. pipped, pip·ping, pips
v.tr.
To break through (the shell) in hatching. Used chiefly of birds.
v.intr.
To peep or chirp.
n.
A short, high-pitched radio signal.
n.
1. A disease of birds, characterized by a thick mucous discharge that forms a crust in the mouth and throat.
2. Slang A minor unspecified human ailment.

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