pip

pip: pip¹ [pıp] n BrE

[Sense: 1; Date: 1700-1800; Origin: pippin]

[Sense: 2; Date: 1900-2000; Origin: From the sound]

[Sense: 3; Date: 1900-2000; Origin: pip ' mark on a playing card showing its value ']

1.) a small seed from a fruit such as an apple or orange

▪ an apple pip

▪ Have these oranges got pips in?

2.) a high note that is part of a series of short sounds, used for example on the radio to show the time, or on a public telephone line to show that your money has almost finished

American Equivalent: beep

▪ The pips are going so I'd better say goodbye.

3.) old-fashioned one of the stars on the shoulders of the coats of army officers that shows their rank

pip ²

pip² past tense and past participle pipped present participle pipping

v [T] BrE informal

1.) pip sb at the post

to beat someone at the last moment in a race, competition etc, when they were expecting to win

▪ The Maclaren team were narrowly pipped at the post by Ferrari.

2.) to beat someone in a race, competition etc, by only a small amount

pip sb to/for sth

▪ Jackson just pipped him for the gold.

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Synonyms:

Chirp (as a chicken), mewl, peep, pipe

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pip — Ⅰ. pip [1] ► NOUN ▪ a small hard seed in a fruit. ORIGIN abbreviation of PIPPIN(Cf. ↑pippin). Ⅱ. pip [2] ► NOUN (the pips) Brit … English terms dictionary
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Pip — Pip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pipping}.] [See {Peep}.] To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep. [1913 Webster] To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. Boyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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