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    [Noun]  | "kip" | \ ˈkip \


    1: the basic monetary unit of Laos


    Origin: 1955 ;

     Lao kì:p, literally, ingot;

    [Noun]  | "kip" | \ ˈkip \


    1: bed

    2: sleep, nap


    Origin: 1879 ;

     Perhaps from Danish kippe cheap tavern;

    [Noun]  | "kip" | \ ˈkip \


    1: a unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds (454 kilograms) used to express deadweight load


    Origin: 1914 ;

     Kilo- + ound;

    [Noun]  | "kip" | \ ˈkip \


    1: a bundle of undressed hides of young or small animals; also : one of the hides


    Origin: circa 1525 ;

     Obsolete Dutch; akin to Middle Low German kip bundle of hides;

    [Verb]  | "kip" | \ ˈkip \


    1: sleep —sometimes used with down


    Origin: circa 1889 ;

    [Biographical name]  | "Thorne" | \ ˈthȯrn \


    1: Kip S(tephen) 1940— American physicist

    [Noun]  | "kips" 


    1: a place set aside for sleeping;


      * e.g., " ... he was in kip when I knocked on the door "



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    2: a short sleep;


      * e.g., " ... after an afternoon kip, we were ready to sample all the nightlife that London had to offer "



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    [Noun]  | "kip" 


    1: a place set aside for sleeping;


      * e.g., " ... he was in kip when I knocked on the door "



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    2: a short sleep;


      * e.g., " ... after an afternoon kip, we were ready to sample all the nightlife that London had to offer "



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    [Verb]  | "kips" 


    1: to sleep lightly or briefly;


      * e.g., " ... after a rigorous walk over the Devon moors, I needed to kip down a bit on the daybed "



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    [Verb]  | "kip" 


    1: to sleep lightly or briefly;


      * e.g., " ... after a rigorous walk over the Devon moors, I needed to kip down a bit on the daybed "



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    [Verb]  | "kips (down)" 


     [ "kips" ]

    1: short for kissable lips

      * e.g.,  ... I wonder if he has kips? 

     [ "kips" ]

    1: a Kilopound, or 1,000 pounds of mass or force

      * e.g.,  ... the load on the truss shown is of 3 kips 

     [ "kips" ]

    1: another word for love handles

      * e.g.,  ... dang, that girl's got some kips! 

     [ "Kip kip" ]

    1: A legend in Verdansk. Kip Kip is someone who will put you to sleep because you rage quit when trying to defeat the kip kip.

      * e.g.,  ... I rage quit when kip kip is on the line. 

     [ "kip" ]

    1: chiefly british slang:

      * e.g.,  ...  after working that double shift, we were all ready for the kip. 


     [ "kip" ]

    2:  kip (n): a rooming house; a room or bed in a rooming house.

      * e.g.,  ...  "it's 6 a.m., and even big ben is trying to get his head down for a kip." -- the beautiful south, "from under the covers." 


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    3:  kip (n): "bed."

      * e.g.,  ...  you take the bed, i'll kip down on the sofa. 


     [ "kip" ]

    4:  kip (n): "nap;" "rest;" "bit of sleep."


     [ "kip" ]

    5:  kip (vi; kipped, kipping): "sleep." sometimes used with "down," equivalent to "bed down."


     [ "kip" ]

    6: etymology: danish "kippe," "cheap inn."

     [ "kipping" ]

    1: A form of cheating while doing pull-ups, whereby and individual struggling to do another abruptly jerks the knees upward to provide extra lift and remove the weight of said body parts from the lift equation.

      * e.g.,  ... SGT: " Gimmie ten more maggots, and no kipping or you'll be on KP patrol till graduation. " 


     [ "kipping" ]

    2: A move, that in the military, will only get you extra pull-ups later for cheating so do them right and sweat it out.

     [ "kipping" ]

    1: British slang for having a nap, sleeping.

      * e.g.,  ... "I fancy a kip as I am really tired.." 

     [ "kip" ]

    1: a nap; a snooze

      * e.g.,  ... In my old age, a midday kip shortly after lunch is a must! 

     [ "Kipped" ]

    1: To cut something (usually a marathon course) short

      * e.g.,  ... I took a look into his marathon times, and when he sped up from 7 minutes per mile in the first half of the race to 5 minutes per mile for the second half of the race, it was very clear he kipped the course. The race director did disqualify. 

     [ "Kip" ]

    1: Northern English Slang for sleep, also Kippin as in Sleeping, Going to bed or for a lie down, to have a nap.

      * e.g.,  ... Gone kip, going for a kip - gone to bed, Been a kip, had a kip - had a sleep, Been Kipping - Been sleeping 

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