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kip
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun kip has 3 senses
- kip(n = noun.time) Array - sleep; "roused him from his kip" is a kind of nap, sleep
- kip(n = noun.quantity) Array - the basic unit of money in Laos; Array is a kind of laotian monetary unit
- kip(n = noun.act) upstart - a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright; Array is a kind of gymnastic exercise
Derived form verb kip1
has parts: at
Verb kip has 1 sense
- kip(v = verb.body) catch some z's, log z's, sleep, slumber - be asleep; Array is one way to rest
Derived form noun kip1
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
kip, n.
The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin. [1913 Webster]
kip, n. [Cf. G. kippe.].
- A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A method or feat of raising the body when hanging or swinging by the arms, as for the purpose of mounting upon the horizontal bar. The legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kip, n. & v. Brit. sl.
--n.
1 a sleep or nap.
2 a bed or cheap lodging-house.
3 (also kip-house or -shop) a brothel.
--v.intr. (kipped, kipping) sleep, take a nap.
--n.
1 a sleep or nap.
2 a bed or cheap lodging-house.
3 (also kip-house or -shop) a brothel.
--v.intr. (kipped, kipping) sleep, take a nap.
kip, n. the hide of a young or small animal as used for leather.
kip, n. (pl. same or kips) the basic monetary unit of Laos.
kip, n. Austral. sl. a small piece of wood from which coins are spun in the game of two-up.
Etymology
perh. f. E dial.: cf. keper a flat piece of wood preventing a horse from eating the corn, or Ir. dial. kippeen f. Ir. cip{iacute}n a little stick
ROGET THESAURUS
kip
Support
N support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d'appui, pou sto, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous, astride on, straddle.
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