pip
To remove the pips fromTo remove the pips from.
» Ziri threw the medlar pips away.
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5 senses(transitive)To remove the pips from.
Peel and pip the grapes.
(transitive)To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin.
He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
defeat thoroughly
(transitive)To hit with a gunshot.
The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.
hit with a missile from a weapon
(intransitive)To peep, to chirp.
To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.
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.
Origin
Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from Middle English pipin, from Old FrApparently 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.
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Forms
pips, pipping, pipped, pippedSynonyms
7 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.