pip

🇺🇸 /pɪp/ 🇬🇧 /pɪp/
Frequency
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Tags RARE
noun
R

A small hard seed inside some fruits.

I found a pip in the apple I was eating.

R

A quick, high sound, like a beep.

The clock made a pip sound on the hour.

R

A small round dot on dice or cards.

He rolled a six with two pips showing.

verb
R

To win a race or competition by a small margin.

She pipped her friend to the finish line.

translation

n. A small hard seed inside some fruits.; A quick, high sound, like a beep.; A small round dot on dice or cards.
v. To win a race or competition by a small margin.

Word Forms

3rd Present pips
Past pipped
Perfect pipped
Progressive pipping
Plural pips

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