pip

pip
pip
pip1 [pip]
n.
[contr. < PIPPIN]
1. a small seed, as of an apple, pear, or orange
2. [Old Slang] a person or thing much admired
pip2 [pip]
n.
[earlier peep < ?]
1. any of the suit-indicating figures on playing cards, or any of the dots on dice or dominoes
2. Informal a starlike shoulder insignia worn by certain officers in the British army
3. any of the diamond-shaped divisions of the skin of a pineapple
4. a single rootstock or flower of the lily of the valley, peony, etc.
5. BLIP (n. 1)
pip3 [pip]
vi.
pipped, pipping [var. of PEEP1]
to peep or chirp, as a young bird
vt.
to break through (the shell): said of a hatching bird
pip4 [pip]
n.
[ME pippe < MDu < WGmc * pipit < VL * pipita, for L pituita, phlegm, pip: see PITUITARY]
1. a contagious disease of fowl, characterized by the secretion of mucus in the throat and the formation of a scab on the tongue
2. Informal any unspecified human ailment: a jocular usage
pip5 [pip]
vt.
pipped, pipping
Brit. to defeat in a competition by a narrow margin

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