PIP

/pip/
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Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A small hard seed found in some fruits: A pip is the small, hard seed inside fruits like apples, oranges, or lemons.
    • A minor nonspecific ailment: (Informal, chiefly British) A pip is a temporary feeling of depression, irritation, or ill health.
    • A mark on a die or playing card: A pip is one of the small symbols (like dots, hearts, clubs, diamonds, or spades) on dice or playing cards that indicate their value.
    • A short, high-pitched sound: A pip is a brief, sharp sound used as a signal, especially in time signals or radar.
    • A disease of poultry: A pip refers to a respiratory illness in birds, especially chickens.

  2. Verb:

    • To defeat thoroughly: (Informal) To pip someone means to beat or defeat them, often by a narrow margin.
    • To hit or kill with a missile from a weapon: (Informal) To pip means to shoot or strike someone with a bullet or projectile.
    • To make a short, high-pitched sound: To pip means to emit a brief, sharp sound.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun (Seed):
    • Be careful not to swallow the lemon pip.
    • An apple core is full of tiny pips.
  • Noun (Ailment):
    • He's got a bit of a pip today and doesn't want to go out.
  • Noun (Mark on card/die):
    • The six of clubs has six black pips on it.
    • The die landed with three pips facing up.
  • Verb (Defeat):
    • She pipped her rival to the gold medal by one hundredth of a second.
  • Verb (Hit/Kill):
    • The sniper pipped the target from a great distance.
Advanced Usage
  • "To have the pip": (Idiomatic, British, informal) To be in a bad mood, depressed, or slightly unwell.
    • Don't mind him, he's got the pip this morning.
  • "To give someone the pip": (Idiomatic, British, informal) To annoy or depress someone.
    • His constant complaining really gives me the pip.
Variants and Related Words
  • Pipped (verb, past tense): The act of having narrowly defeated someone.
    • He was pipped at the post in the final race.
  • Pipping (verb, present participle/gerund): The act of defeating or making a short sound.
  • Pip-squeak (noun, informal): A person considered to be small or insignificant. (This is a compound word listed separately as a variant).
Synonyms
  • Noun (Seed): seed, stone, kernel.
  • Noun (Ailment): malaise, blues, funk.
  • Verb (Defeat): beat, defeat, edge out, outdo.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
  • Pip someone at the post: To defeat someone at the very last moment, especially in a race or competition.
    • The underdog pipped the champion at the post to win the tournament.
Related Idioms
  • Squeeze until the pips squeak: To put extreme financial pressure on someone or something, to extract the maximum amount of money.
    • The new tax laws will squeeze small businesses until the pips squeak.
Noun
  1. a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
  2. a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
  3. a small hard seed found in some fruits
  4. a minor nonspecific ailment
  5. a disease of poultry
Verb
  1. defeat thoroughly
    • He mopped up the floor with his opponents
  2. hit with a missile from a weapon
  3. kill by firing a missile

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