PIPPING

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

pipping

present 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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