PIPPED

PIP

worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up

(verb) defeat thoroughly; “He mopped up the floor with his opponents”

shoot, hit, pip

(verb) hit with a missile from a weapon

shoot, pip

(verb) kill by firing a missile

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

pipped

simple past tense and past participle of pip

Source: Wiktionary


PIP

Pip, n. Etym: [OE. pippe, D. pip, or F. pépie; from LL. pipita, fr. L. pituita slime, phlegm, rheum, in fowls, the pip. Cf. Pituite.]

Definition: 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. Etym: [Formerly pippin, pepin. Cf. Pippin.] (Bot.)

Definition: A seed, as of an apple or orange.

Pip, n. Etym: [Perh. for pick, F. pique a spade at cards, a pike. Cf. Pique.]

Definition: One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc. Addison.

Pip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pipping.] Etym: [See Peep.]

Definition: To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep. To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. Boyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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