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kip

1  [kip]
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–noun
1. the hide of a young or small beast.
2. a bundle or set of such hides.
Origin:
1325–75; ME kipp < MD, MLG kip pack (of hides); akin to ON kippa bundle

kip

2  [kip]
–noun
a unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds (453.6 kilograms).
Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; ki(lo) + p(ound) 2

kip

3  [kip]
–noun
a paper money and monetary unit of Laos, equal to 100 at. Abbreviation: K.
Origin:
1950–55; < Lao kì:p currency unit, ingot

kip

4  [kip] noun, verb, kipped, kip⋅ping. Chiefly British
–noun
1. a place to sleep; bed.
2. sleep.
–verb (used without object)
3. to sleep or nap.
Origin:
1760–70, in sense “brothel”; cf. Dan kippe hovel, dive, D kuf dive, brothel, MLG kuffe, küffe, kiffe hovel; perh. ult. expressive variants of the Gmc base of cove 1
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kip 1   (kĭp)   
n.   pl. kip
See Table at currency.

[Thai.]
kip 2   (kĭp)   
n.  
  1. The untanned hide of a small or young animal, such as a calf.
  2. A set or bundle of such hides.

[Middle English, bundle of animal hides, perhaps from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German.]
kip 3   (kĭp)   
n.  
  1. A rooming house.
  2. A place to sleep; a bed.
  3. Sleep.
intr.v.   kipped, kip·ping, kips
To sleep.

[Perhaps from Danish kippe, cheap inn; akin to Old Norse -kippa (as in kornkippa, seed-corn holder) and Low German kiffe, hovel.]
kip 4   (kĭp)   
n.  A unit of weight equal to 1,000 pounds (455 kilograms).

[ki(lo)- + p(ound)1.]
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KIPS

/kips/ n. [abbreviation, by analogy with MIPS using K] Thousands (_not_ 1024s) of Instructions Per Second. Usage: rare.
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Language Translation for : KIPS
Spanish: yeso,
German: der Gips, Gips-…,
Japanese: ギプス
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KIPS
/kips/ [by analogy with MIPS] Thousands (*not* 1024s) of instructions per second. Usage: rare.
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