kip
see also: Kip
Pronunciation 1325–75, Middle English kipp, from Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350) kip, from gml kip ("pack, bundle of hides") Noun
Kip
Proper noun
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see also: Kip
Pronunciation 1325–75, Middle English kipp, from Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350) kip, from gml kip ("pack, bundle of hides") Noun
kip
- The untanned hide#noun|hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
- A bundle or set of such hides.
- (obsolete) A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
- The leather made from such hide; kip leather.
kip (plural kips)
- (informal, chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
- (informal, chiefly UK) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
- I’m just going for my afternoon kip.
- (informal, chiefly UK) A very untidy house or room.
- (informal, chiefly UK, dated) A brothel.
- Russian: со́н
- Spanish: siesta
kip (kips, present participle kipping; past and past participle kipped)
- (informal, chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
- Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed.
- crash (US)
- Russian: перекантова́ться
kip (kips, present participle kipping; past and past participle kipped)
- (transitive, dialectal, Scotland) To snatch; take up hastily; filch
- (intransitive, obsolete) To hold or keep (together)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To conduct oneself; act
kip (plural kips)
- A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
- A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
- (rare, nonstandard) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
kip (plural kip)
Translations- German: Kip
- Russian: кип
kip (plural kips)
- (gymnastics) A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
- (Australia, games, two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
- 1951, Jon Cleary, The Sundowners, 1952, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=W4c8AAAAIAAJ&q=%22kip%22|%22kips%22+%22two-up%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22kip%22|%22kips%22+%22two-up%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n3OVT-umMYfnmAWm152HAg&redir_esc=y page 208],
- Again Turk placed the pennies on the kip. He took his time, deliberate over the small action, held the kip for a long breathless moment, then jerked his wrist and the pennies were in the air.
- 2003, Gilbert Buchanan, Malco Polia - Traveller, Warrior, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qb7Ck4-i8UMC&pg=PA52&dq=%22kip%22|%22kips%22+%22two-up%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9WmVT9yTHcnGmQWvt62GAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22kip%22|%22kips%22%20%22two-up%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 52],
- Money was laid on the floor for bets on the heads or tails finish of two pennies tossed high into the air from a small wooden kip.
- 2010, Colin McLaren, Sunflower: A Tale of Love, War and Intrigue, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oa2aeN3SjD8C&pg=PA101&dq=%22kip%22|%22kips%22+%22two-up%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MnuVT8qIB47UmAWT-qXTAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22kip%22|%22kips%22%20%22two-up%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 101],
- Jack discarded a length of wood, two twists of wire, his two-up kip and a spanner.
- 1951, Jon Cleary, The Sundowners, 1952, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=W4c8AAAAIAAJ&q=%22kip%22|%22kips%22+%22two-up%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22kip%22|%22kips%22+%22two-up%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n3OVT-umMYfnmAWm152HAg&redir_esc=y page 208],
- (Scotland) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
kip (kips, present participle kipping; past and past participle kipped)
- (gymnastics, intransitive) To perform the kip maneuver.
Kip
Proper noun
- A male given name.
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