āCoffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.ā ā Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up
(verb) defeat thoroughly; āHe mopped up the floor with his opponentsā
shoot, hit, pip
(verb) hit with a missile from a weapon
shoot, pip
(verb) kill by firing a missile
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pipped
simple past tense and past participle of pip
Source: Wiktionary
Pip, n. Etym: [OE. pippe, D. pip, or F. pƩpie; 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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
āCoffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.ā ā Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States