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- pippip1 [pip]n.[contr. < PIPPIN]1. a small seed, as of an apple, pear, or orange2. [Old Slang] a person or thing much admiredpip2 [pip]n.[earlier peep < ?]1. any of the suit-indicating figures on playing cards, or any of the dots on dice or dominoes2. Informal a starlike shoulder insignia worn by certain officers in the British army3. any of the diamond-shaped divisions of the skin of a pineapple4. 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 birdvt.to break through (the shell): said of a hatching birdpip4 [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 tongue2. Informal any unspecified human ailment: a jocular usagepip5 [pip]vt.pipped, pippingBrit. to defeat in a competition by a narrow margin
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.