kip

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kip1 informal

▶noun

• 1 Brit. a sleep or nap.

  ■ chiefly Scottish a bed.

• 2 Irish a dirty or sordid place.

▶verb (kips, kipping, kipped) Brit. sleep.

– origin C18 (in the sense ‘brothel’): perh. rel. to Dan. kippe ‘hovel, tavern’.

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kip2

▶noun (in leather-making) the hide of a young or small animal.

■ a set or bundle of such hides.

– origin ME: perh. rel. to MDu. kip, kijp ‘bundle (of hides)’.

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kip3

▶noun (pl. same or kips) the basic monetary unit of Laos, equal to 100 ats.

– origin from Thai.

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kip4

▶noun (in Australia) a small piece of wood from which coins are spun in the game of two-up.

– origin C19: perh. rel. to Ir. cipin ‘small stick, dibble’.