kipping
Origin:
1760–70, in sense “brothel”; compare Danish kippe hovel, dive, Dutch kuf dive, brothel, Middle Low German kuffe, küffe, kiffe hovel; perhaps ultimately expressive variants of the Germanic base of cove1
1760–70, in sense “brothel”; compare Danish kippe hovel, dive, Dutch kuf dive, brothel, Middle Low German kuffe, küffe, kiffe hovel; perhaps ultimately expressive variants of the Germanic base of cove1
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kip1 (kɪp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (Brit) sleep or slumber: to get some kip |
| 2. | (Brit) a bed or lodging |
| 3. | (Irish) a brothel |
| —vb , kips, kipping, kipped | |
| 4. | (Brit) to sleep or take a nap |
| 5. | (Brit) ( |
| [C18: of uncertain origin; apparently related to Danish kippe common alehouse] | |
| kip or kipskin2 (kɪp, ˈkɪpˌskɪn) | |
| —n | |
| the hide of a young animal, esp a calf or lamb | |
| [C16: from Middle Dutch kipp; related to Middle Low German kip, Old Norse kippa bundle] | |
| kipskin or kipskin2 | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from Middle Dutch kipp; related to Middle Low German kip, Old Norse kippa bundle] | |
| kip3 (kɪp) | |
| —n | |
| a unit of weight equal to one thousand pounds | |
| [C20: from | |
| kip4 (kɪp) | |
| —n | |
| the standard monetary unit of Laos, divided into 100 at | |
| [from Thai] | |
| kip5 (kɪp) | |
| —n | |
| (Austral) a small board used to spin the coins in two-up | |
| [C19: from | |
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