PIP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected forms: pipped , pipping

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface

Synonyms:

blip; pip; radar target

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pip" is a kind of...):

radar echo (an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)

Synonyms:

pip; spot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pip" is a kind of...):

mark; marker; marking (a distinguishing symbol)

Holonyms ("pip" is a part of...):

playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A small hard seed found in some fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pip" is a kind of...):

seed (a small hard fruit)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A minor nonspecific ailment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pip" is a kind of...):

ailment; complaint; ill (an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A disease of poultry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pip" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

II. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they pip ... he / she / it pips

Past simple: pipped

Past participle: pipped

-ing form: pipping

Sense 1

Meaning:

Defeat thoroughly

Example:

He mopped up the floor with his opponents

Synonyms:

mop up; pip; rack up; whip; worst

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "pip" is one way to...):

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to pip his opponent

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hit with a missile from a weapon

Synonyms:

hit; pip; shoot

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "pip" is one way to...):

injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)

Verb group:

pip; shoot (kill by firing a missile)

blast; shoot (fire a shot)

hit; strike (make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pip"):

gun down (strike down or shoot down)

grass (shoot down, of birds)

kneecap (shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Kill by firing a missile

Synonyms:

pip; shoot

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "pip" is one way to...):

kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)

Verb group:

hit; pip; shoot (hit with a missile from a weapon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pip"):

flight (shoot a bird in flight)

pick off (shoot one by one)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Credits

Context examples:

There he was, sitting with a newly opened envelope in one hand and five dried orange pips in the outstretched palm of the other one.