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pip

/pɪp/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables
pip
IPA
/pɪp/
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.

noun

A disease, malaise or depression in humans.

Dated; Humorous

noun

A pippin, seed of any kind.

Obsolete

noun

A pippin, seed of any kind.

British usage; Obsolete

noun

Something or someone excellent, of high quality.

American usage; Colloquial

noun

P in RAF phonetic alphabet.

British usage; Dated

verb

To remove the pips from.

Transitive verb

noun

One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm, head cold”). Doublet of pituita.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: pippe, pip, pipita, pītuīta, pipin, pepin

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

the pip (canonical) pips (plural) pips (present, singular) pipping (participle, present) pipped (participle, past) pipped (past)

Derived Forms

pippy pipfruit pipless pipper pipsqueak

Phrases

like a chicken with the pip apple pip pip emma squeeze the pips two pips until the pips squeak pip to the post pip at the post

Frequently Paired Words

pip to the post pip at the post pip pip pip-pip pip-squeak toodle-pip toodle pip Squeak

Synonyms

pip to the post spot stroke blip radar target worst mop up whip rack up

Rhymes With

ship trip tip hip strip chip slip rip clip skip flip lip

Questions

How do you pronounce pip?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɪp/.
What does pip mean?
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
Where does pip come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce pip

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