pip
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryzaAny of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
» Ziri threw the medlar pips away.
Meaning
13 sensesAny of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
Pips
(dated, humorous)A disease, malaise or depression in humans.
1912, D. H. Lawrence, letter to Edward Garnett I've got the pip horribly at present.
a disease of poultry
(US, colloquial)Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
(UK, World War I, dated)P in RAF phonetic alphabet.
One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
Auge
a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
A spot; a speck.
A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
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 to continue the call.
The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
(obsolete)A pippin, seed of any kind.
Kern
ко́сточкаkóstočka, зёрнышкоzjórnyško, се́мечкоsémečko
кі́сткаkístka, кі́сточкаkístočka, зе́рняткоzérnjatko
Examples
13 sentencesZiri threw the medlar pips away.
These medlars are full of pips.
Have these grapes got pips in them?
ruВ этом винограде есть косточки? — marafon
deHaben diese Weintrauben Kerne? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Two standard dice have a total of 42 pips.
Ziri scooped out the pips of the medlar with a spoon.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from LFrom Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm, head cold”). Doublet of pituita.
Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin, q.v.).
Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.
Abbreviation of percentage in point.
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Forms
plural: pipsSynonyms
4 synonyms- a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface:blipradar target
- a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit):spot