kip
/kɪp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.04 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "'Stockings, madam? Shoes?' 'Yes, your Honor — both.' 'Yarn, perhaps? Morocco?' 'Yarn, your Honor. And kip.'"
- "I’m just going for my afternoon kip."
- "—I get paid this morning, Stephen said. —The school kip? Buck Mulligan said. How much?"
- "Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed."
- ""Steady on, mate. How was I to know this was your gaff? I was lookin' for somewhere to kip.""
- "He took off his thick black coat and threw it to Harry. "You can kip under that," he said. "Don' mind it if wriggles a bit, I think I still got a couple o' dormice in one o' the pockets.""
Etymology
1325–75, Middle English kipp, from Middle Dutch kip, from Middle Low German kip (“pack, bundle of hides”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
kips (plural)
kipp (alternative)
kippe (alternative)
kyppe (alternative)
kips (present, singular)
kipping (participle, present)
kipped (participle, past)
kipped (past)