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kip 1    Audio Help   (kĭp)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. kip
See Table at currency.


[Thai.]

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kip 2    Audio Help   (kĭp)  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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kip 3    Audio Help   (kĭp)  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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kip 4    Audio Help   (kĭp)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A unit of weight equal to 1,000 pounds (455 kilograms).


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

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KIPS
/kips/ [by analogy with MIPS] Thousands (*not* 1024s) of instructions per second. Usage: rare.
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