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Definitions for: Pip
[n] a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
[n] a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
[n] a small hard seed found in some fruits
[n] a minor nonspecific ailment
[n] a disease of poultry
[v] colloquial usage; defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
[v] hit with a missile from a weapon
[v] kill by firing a missile
Webster (1913) Definition: Pip, n. [OE. pippe, D. pip, or F. p['e]pie; from LL.
pipita, fr. L. pituita slime, phlegm, rheum, in fowls, the
pip. Cf. Pituite.]
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. [Formerly pippin, pepin. Cf. Pippin.] (Bot.)
A seed, as of an apple or orange.
Pip, n. [Perh. for pick, F. pique a spade at cards, a
pike. Cf. Pique.]
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.] [See Peep.]
To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. --Boyle.
Synonyms: blip, hit, mop up, rack up, radar target, shoot, shoot, spot, whip, worst
See Also: ailment, animal disease, beat, beat out, complaint, crush, flight, grass, gun down, ill, injure, kill, kneecap, mark, marker, marking, pick off, playing card, radar echo, seed, shell, trounce, vanquish, wound
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