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English word origin

Etymology of pip

From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm, head cold”). Doublet of pituita.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza. · A disease, malaise or depression in humans.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm, head cold”). Doublet of pituita.

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Source etymology 2

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noun

A pippin, seed of any kind. · A seed inside certain fleshy fruits, such as the stone (pit) of a stonefruit or the smaller seeds of an orange or apple. · Something or someone excellent, of high quality. · P in RAF phonetic alphabet.

verb

To remove the pips from.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin, q.v.).

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
verb

To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin. · To hit with a gunshot.

noun

One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc. · One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman. · A spot; a speck. · A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.

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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗
verb

To peep, to chirp. · To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Imitative.

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Source etymology 5

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noun

One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.

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Imitative.

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Source etymology 6

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noun

The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.

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Abbreviation of percentage in point.

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