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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

pip¹ / pip/ • n. a small hard seed in a fruit. DERIVATIVES: pip·less / ˈpiplɨs/ adj. pip² • n. a small shape or symbol, in particular: ∎ any of the spots on playing cards, dice, or dominoes. ∎ a single blossom of a clustered head of flowers. ∎ a diamond-shaped segment of the surface of a pineapple. ∎ an image of an object on a radar screen; blip. ∎ Brit. a star (1–3 according to rank) on the shoulder of an army officer's uniform. pip³ • n. a disease of poultry or other birds causing thick mucus in the throat and white scale on the tongue. PHRASES: give someone the pip inf., dated make someone angry or depressed. pip⁴ • v. (pipped , pip·ping ) [tr.] (of a young bird) crack (the shell of the egg) when hatching. pip⁵ Brit., inf. • v. (pipped , pip·ping ) [tr.] (usu. be pipped) defeat by a small margin or at the last moment: you were just pipped for the prize. ∎ dated hit or wound (someone) with a gunshot.

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pip

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

pip1 disease of birds marked by secretion of thick mucus. XV. — MLG. pip, MDu. pippe, reduced form corr. to OHG. pfiffiz :- WGmc. *pipit — medL. *pip(p)īta, presumably alt. of pītuīta mucus; pip.

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Pip

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Pip ♂, ♀ Contracted short form of Philip or Philippa. It is best known as the name of the main character in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations (1861), whose full name was Philip Pirrip.

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pip

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

pip2 each of the spots on playing-cards, dice, etc. XVI; single blossom of an inflorescence XVIII. Earlier peepe, of unkn. orig.

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Pip

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Pip, in Dickens's Great Expectations, the name by which the hero, Philip Pirrip, is commonly known.

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pip

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

pip n. Brit. a star (1–3 according to rank) on the shoulder of an army officer's uniform.

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pip

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

pip3 †pippin (apple) XVI; seed of fleshy fruits XVIII. Shortening of PIPPIN.

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pip

A Dictionary of Business and Management | 2006 | Copyright

pip See tick.

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pip

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

pip •blip, chip, clip, dip, drip, equip, flip, grip, gyp, harelip, hip, kip, lip, nip, outstrip, pip, quip, rip, scrip, ship, sip, skip, slip, snip, strip, tip, toodle-pip, trip, whip, yip, zip •biochip • microchip • woodchip •sheepdip • skinny-dip • rosehip •landslip • payslip •fillip, Philip •gymslip • side-slip • polyp • oxlip •cowslip • pillowslip •julep, tulip •Cudlipp • paperclip • catnip • parsnip •turnip • handgrip • cantrip • hairgrip •airstrip • filmstrip • kirby grip •weatherstrip • gossip • airship •midship • kinship • godship • warship •gunship • worship • wingtip •fingertip • horsewhip • bullwhip •bunyip

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PIP

PIP (Peru) Policía de Investigiones del Peru Federales (Spanish: Peruvian Federal Investigation Police; Peruvian equivalent of the FBI)

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "PIP." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "PIP." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-PIP.html

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	Tampering with success. (PIP Printing) (column) Magazine article from: Graphic Arts Monthly; 10/1/1988
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	Proposals for settlement in PIP Cases: Should U.S. Security Ins. Co. v.... Magazine article from: Florida Bar Journal; 4/1/2001