Pip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pipped p. pr. & vb. n. Pipping.] To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. --Boyle.
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pip
n 1: a disease of poultry
2: a minor nonspecific ailment
3: a small hard seed found in some fruits
4: a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) [syn:
spot]
5: a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a
reflecting surface [syn: blip, radar target]
v 1: kill by firing a missile [syn: shoot]
2: hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: shoot, hit]
3: defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his
opponents" [syn: worst, mop up, whip, rack up]
[also: pipping, pipped]