Definition of pips Pips

/pɪˈps/ - [pips] -

We found 3 definitions of pips from 2 different sources.

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What does pips mean?

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  • pips (Noun)
    Plural of pip.

Part of speech

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  • pips, verb, present, 3rd person singular of pip (infinitive).
  • pips, noun, plural of pip.

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: pips

pip - a small hard seed found in some fruits
pip - a minor nonspecific ailment
pip - a disease of poultry
pip - a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
  spot
  marker, marking, mark some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something; "the buoys were markers for the channel"
pip - a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
  blip, radar target
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • pip (Noun)
    Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
  • pip (Noun)
    Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
  • pip (Noun)
    A pippin.
  • pip (Noun)
    A seed inside certain fleshy fruits compare stone/ pit, such as an peach, orange, or apple.
  • pip (Noun)
    Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
  • pip (Noun)
    P in phonetic RAF phonetic alphabet .
  • pip (Noun)
    One of the spots or symbols on a playing card , domino, die, etc.
  • pip (Noun)
    One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e. g. of a soldier or a fireman.
  • pip (Noun)
    A spot; a speck.
  • pip (Noun)
    A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
  • pip (Noun)
    A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation.
  • pip (Noun)
    One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.
  • pip (Noun)
    The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange forex trading.
  • pip (Verb)
    To get the better of ; to defeat.
  • pip (Verb)
    To hit with a gunshot.
  • pip (Verb)
    To peep, to chirp.
  • pip (Verb)
    To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • pip (n.)
    A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.
  • pip (n.)
    A seed, as of an apple or orange.
  • pip (n.)
    One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc.
  • pip (v. i.)
    To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • pip
    To not go to class without permission.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • pip
    pip, n. a disease of fowls—also called Roup. [Low L. pipita—L. pipuita, rheum.]
  • pip
    pip, n. the seed of fruit. [Pippin.]
  • pip
    pip, n. one of the spots on dice or playing-cards. [Corr. of prov. pick—Fr. pique, a spade, at cards.]
  • pip
    pip, v.t. (slang) to blackball
  • pip
    pip, v.i. to chirp, as a young bird

Part of speech

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  • pip, verb, present, 1st person singular of pip (infinitive).
  • pip, verb (infinitive).
  • pip, noun, singular of pips.

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