Definition of Kip

Babylon English
kip
v. sleep, take a nap, go to bed
n. skin of a young animal; bundle of skins; unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds; main monetary unit of Laos; place to lodge overnight (British); bed, place to sleep (British); sleep (British)

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Kip Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Kip
(n.)
The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.
  

WordNet 2.0
kip

Noun
1. sleep; "roused him from his kip"
(hypernym) sleep, nap
(derivation) sleep, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2. the basic unit of money in Laos
(hypernym) Laotian monetary unit
(part-meronym) at
3. a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an errect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
(synonym) upstart
(hypernym) gymnastic exercise

Verb
1. be asleep
(synonym) sleep, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's
(hypernym) rest
(hyponym) bundle, practice bundling

Australian Slang
Kip
1. sleep; 2. nap; 3. stay (somewhere) on a temporary basis: “He's kipping at Tom's for a couple of days” (earlier meaning “bed”, “common lodging-house”, “brothel”; see Old English “cip” = brothel); 4. (Two-up) small, thin piece of wood used for spinning the coins (probably a variant of “chip”)

Go for a kip
to have short rest, sleep, nap

London Slang
kip
sleep. e.g.. "I could really do with a kip".

hEnglish - advanced version
kip

kip
\kip\ (?), n. the hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.
kip
leather. see kipskin.
kip
\kip\ (?), n. [cf. g. kippe.]
1. a sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill. [scot.]
2. (gymnastics) 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.
kip
n
1. (british) sleep; "roused him from his kip"
2. the basic unit of money in laos v : be asleep [syn: sleep, slumber, log z's , catch some z's ]
[ant: wake]



  similar words(2) 




 kip leather 
 kip down 

Everyday English and Slang in Ireland
Kip (n)
a dump or a dive

Kip, to have a (n)
short sleep, nap


Kip Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

An Everquest Glossary
kip!
(excl.) [origin unknown - I would like to know...] See ding!.


Kip Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

The Harry Potter Glossary
Kip
Slang for "nap" or "sleep".


Kip Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Kip
You may also be looking for Kipp.
Kip may refer to:
  • Lao kip, the currency of Laos
  • Kip (unit), a unit of force or mass
  • Kip, Inverclyde, a village in Scotland
  • Kip-up, an acrobatic maneuver used in martial arts and gymnastics
  • In trampolining, when an instructor adds height to a performers bounce by pushing on the bed with their foot
  • first aid dressing for burns, no longer manufactured
  • A type of cat
  • Sleeping or taking a nap in British and Australian slang
  • Dump in Irish slang
  • "From the top of a hill" in Old English
  • Chicken in Dutch

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