PIP (pipped, pipping)
Dictionary entry overview: What does pip mean?
• PIP (noun)
The noun PIP has 5 senses:
1. a disease of poultry
2. a minor nonspecific ailment
3. a small hard seed found in some fruits
4. a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
5. a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
Familiarity information: PIP used as a noun is common.
• PIP (verb)
The verb PIP has 3 senses:
1. kill by firing a missile
2. hit with a missile from a weapon
3. defeat thoroughly
Familiarity information: PIP used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PIP (noun)
Meaning:
A disease of poultry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pip" is a kind of...):
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)
Meaning:
A minor nonspecific ailment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pip" is a kind of...):
ailment; complaint; ill (an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining)
Meaning:
A small hard seed found in some fruits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("pip" is a kind of...):
seed (a small hard fruit)
Meaning:
A mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
pip; spot
Hypernyms ("pip" is a kind of...):
mark; marker; marking (a distinguishing symbol)
Holonyms ("pip" is a part of...):
playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)
Meaning:
A radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
radar target; blip; pip
Hypernyms ("pip" is a kind of...):
radar echo (an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object)
• PIP (verb)
Meaning:
Kill by firing a missile
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
pip; shoot
Hypernyms (to "pip" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pip"):
flight (shoot a bird in flight)
pick off (shoot one by one)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Hit with a missile from a weapon
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
shoot; pip; hit
Hypernyms (to "pip" is one way to...):
injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pip"):
gun down (strike down or shoot down)
grass (shoot down, of birds)
kneecap (shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Defeat thoroughly
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
worst; mop up; whip; rack up; pip
Context example:
He mopped up the floor with his opponents
Hypernyms (to "pip" is one way to...):
beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The fighter managed to pip his opponent
