PIP

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.

2.
n.

A seed, as of an apple or orange.

3.
n.

One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc. Addison.

4.
v.

To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep. To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. Boyle.


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