pip Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a disease of poultry
  2. noun a minor nonspecific ailment
  3. noun a small hard seed found in some fruits
  4. noun a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
    spot.
  5. noun a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
    blip; radar target.
  6. verb kill by firing a missile
    shoot.
  7. verb hit with a missile from a weapon
    shoot; hit.
  8. verb defeat thoroughly
    rack up; worst; whip; mop up.
    • He mopped up the floor with his opponents

WordNet

Pip noun
Etymology
OE. pippe, D. pip, or F. pépie; from LL. pipita, fr. L. pituita slime, phlegm, rheum, in fowls, the pip. Cf. Pituite.
Definitions
  1. A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.
Pip noun
Etymology
Formerly pippin, pepin. Cf. Pippin.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A seed, as of an apple or orange.
Pip noun
Etymology
Perh. for pick, F. pique a spade at cards, a pike. Cf. Pique.
Definitions
  1. One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc. Addison.
Pip intransitive verb
Etymology
See Peep.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pipped ; present participle & verbal noun Pipping
Definitions
  1. To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
    To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. Boyle.

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