Pip

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1 English

1.1 Noun

1.1.1 Synonyms
1.1.2 Translations

1.2 Proper noun
1.3 Related terms

English

Noun

pip

A seed inside a fruit that contains several seeds (compare stone/pit), such as an apple or orange.
One of the symbols on a playing card.
One of the dots on a domino.
One of the dots on the face of a die.
One of a series of very short, electronically produced tone, used, for example, to indicate 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 they are to continue their call.

Synonyms

(symbol on a playing card): spot
(dot on a domino): spot
(electronic sound): (counting down seconds) stroke

Translations

seed

Finnish: siemen
French: pépin m
German: Zacken m

Italian: seme m
Spanish: pipa f
Portuguese: caroço m; semente f

symbol on a playing card

dot on a domino

Finnish: piste

short electronically produced tone

Finnish: piippaus, piippi
French: top m

Proper noun

Pip

Diminutive form of the names Philip, Phillip, and Philippa.

Related terms

pip at the post
pipsqueak
give the pip to

WordNet Definitions

five

1. pip -- (a disease of poultry).
2. pip -- (a minor nonspecific ailment).
3. pip -- (a small hard seed found in some fruits).
4. spot, pip -- (a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)).
5. blip, pip, radar target -- (a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface).

three

1. shoot, pip -- (kill by firing a missile).
2. shoot, hit, pip -- (hit with a missile from a weapon).
3. worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up -- (defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents").

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