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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PIP, n. A disease of fowls; a horny pellicle that grows on the tip of their tongue.
1. A spot on cards.
PIP, v.i. [L. pipio.] To cry or chirp, as a chicken; commonly pronounced peep.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch (akin to Old High German pfiff?z), from Vulgar Latin *pipita, alteration of Latin pituita phlegm, pip; perhaps akin to Greek pitys pine — more at pine Date: 15th century 1. a. a disorder of a bird marked by formation of a scale or crust on the tongue b. the scale or crust of this disorder 2. a. any of various human ailments; especially a slight nonspecific disorder b. chiefly British a feeling of irritation or annoyance II. verb (pipped; pipping) Etymology: imitative Date: 1598 intransitive verb 1. peep I,1 2. to break through the shell of the egg <the chick pipped> transitive verb to break open (the shell of an egg) in hatching III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1604 1. a. one of the dots used on dice and dominoes to indicate numerical value b. spot 2c 2. a. spot, speck b. spike I,6a; also blip 3. an individual rootstock of the lily of the valley 4. a diamond-shaped insignia of rank worn by a second lieutenant, lieutenant, or captain in the British army IV. noun Etymology: short for pippin Date: 1797 1. a small fruit seed; especially one of a several-seeded fleshy fruit 2. one extraordinary of its kind V. transitive verb (pipped; pipping) Etymology: probably from pip to blackball, from ³pip or ⁴pip Date: 1880 British to beat by a narrow margin VI. noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1907 chiefly British a short high-pitched tone

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. the seed of an apple, pear, orange, grape, etc. --v.tr. (pipped, pipping) remove the pips from (fruit etc.). Derivatives: pipless adj. Etymology: abbr. of PIPPIN 2. n. Brit. a short high-pitched sound, usu. mechanically produced, esp. as a radio time signal. Etymology: imit. 3. n. 1 any of the spots on a playing-card, dice, or domino. 2 Brit. a star (1-3 according to rank) on the shoulder of an army officer's uniform. 3 a single blossom of a clustered head of flowers. 4 a diamond-shaped segment of the surface of a pineapple. 5 an image of an object on a radar screen. Etymology: 16th c. peep, of unkn. orig. 4. n. 1 a disease of poultry etc. causing thick mucus in the throat and white scale on the tongue. 2 colloq. a fit of disgust or bad temper (esp. give one the pip). Etymology: ME f. MDu. pippe, MLG pip prob. ult. f. corrupt. of L pituita slime 5. v.tr. (pipped, pipping) Brit. colloq. 1 hit with a shot. 2 defeat. 3 blackball. Phrases and idioms: pip at the post defeat at the last moment. pip out die. Etymology: PIP(2) or PIP(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pip Pip, n. [Formerly pippin, pepin. Cf. Pippin.] (Bot.) A seed, as of an apple or orange.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pip Pip, n. [Perh. for pick, F. pique a spade at cards, a pike. Cf. Pique.] One of the conventional figures or ``spots'' on playing cards, dominoes, etc. --Addison.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pip Pip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pipping.] [See Peep.] To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep. To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. --Boyle.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pip Pip, n. [OE. pippe, D. pip, or F. p['e]pie; from LL. pipita, fr. L. pituita slime, phlegm, rheum, in fowls, the pip. Cf. Pituite.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pips, pipping, pipped) 1. Pips are the small hard seeds in a fruit such as an apple, orange, or pear. N-COUNT: usu pl 2. If someone is pipped to something such as a prize or an award, they are defeated by only a small amount. (BRIT INFORMAL) It's still possible for the losers to be pipped by West Germany for a semi-final place... She pipped actress Meryl Streep to the part. VERB: be V-ed prep, V n prep 3. If someone is pipped at the post or pipped to the post they are just beaten in a competition or in a race to achieve something. (BRIT INFORMAL) I didn't want us to be pipped to the post. PHRASE

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Chirp (as a chicken), mewl, peep, pipe.

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