English word origin

Etymology of kip

1325–75, Middle English kipp, from Middle Dutch kip, from Middle Low German kip (“pack, bundle of hides”).

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Source etymology 1

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noun

The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat. · A bundle or set of such hides. · A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat. · The leather made from such hide.

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1325–75, Middle English kipp, from Middle Dutch kip, from Middle Low German kip (“pack, bundle of hides”).

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Inherited-form mentionkippenm
Derivation mentionkipdum
Derivation mentionkipgml

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Source etymology 2

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verb

To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.

noun

A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed. · Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze. · A very untidy house or room. · A brothel.

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1760–70, probably related to Danish kippe (“dive, hovel, cheap inn”) and Middle Low German kiffe (“hovel”). From the same distant Germanic root as cove.

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Cognate mentionkippeda
Cognate mentionkiffegml

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Source etymology 3

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verb

To snatch; take up hastily; filch · To hold or keep (together) · To conduct oneself; act

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From Middle English kippen, from Old Norse kippa (“to pull; snatch”) or Middle Dutch kippen (“to grasp, seize, catch”). Cognate with Norwegian kippe (“to snatch”), Swedish kippa (“to snatch; jerk”); Dutch kippen (“to seize; catch”). Perhaps conflated with some senses of Middle English kepen (“to keep, observe, guard, take possession of, snatch”) (see keep).

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Inherited-form mentionkippenenm
Derivation mentionkippanon · to pull; snatch
Derivation mentionkippendum · to grasp, seize, catch
Cognate mentionkippeno · to snatch
Cognate mentionkippasv · to snatch; jerk
Cognate mentionkippennl · to seize; catch
Non-cognate comparisonkepenenm · to keep, observe, guard, take possession of, snatch

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Source etymology 4

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noun

A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound. · A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds. · A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.

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1910–15, Americanism, abbreviated from kilo + pound.

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Source etymology 5

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noun

The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.

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1950–55, from Lao ກີບ (kīp).

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Borrowed-form mentionກີບlo

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Source etymology 6

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noun

A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.

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Unknown. Perhaps related to Yorkshire and Lincolnshire dialect kep, to toss up into the air. Or else, perhaps related to German Kippe (“stub”).

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Cognate mentionKippede

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Source etymology 7

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verb

To perform the kip maneuver.

noun

A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body. · A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.

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From kip (“sleep, lie down”).

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