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PIP
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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:
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:
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
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.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There is ever a flaw, however, in the best laid of human plans, and the murderers of John Openshaw were never to receive the orange pips which would show them that another, as cunning and as resolute as themselves, was upon their track.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then the page we have seen— Is such as we might expect. It ran, if I remember right, ‘sent the pips to A, B, and C’—that is, sent the society’s warning to them.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Its outrages were usually preceded by a warning sent to the marked man in some fantastic but generally recognised shape—a sprig of oak-leaves in some parts, melon seeds or orange pips in others.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was headed, “March, 1869,” and beneath were the following enigmatical notices: 4th. Hudson came. Same old platform. 7th. Set the pips on McCauley, Paramore, and John Swain of St. Augustine. 9th. McCauley cleared. 10th. John Swain cleared. 12th. Visited Paramore. All well.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
