Definition of "kip" in English

noun

1. The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.

2. A bundle or set of such hides.

3. (obsolete) A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.

4. The leather made from such hide.

noun

1. (informal, chiefly UK, Ireland) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.

2. (informal, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.

   • I’m just going for my afternoon kip.

3. (informal, chiefly UK, Ireland) A very untidy house or room.

4. (informal, chiefly UK, Ireland, dated) A brothel.

verb

1. (informal, chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.

   • Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed.

verb

1. (transitive, dialectal, Scotland, Northern England) To snatch; take up hastily; filch

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To hold or keep (together)

3. (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England) To conduct oneself; act

noun

1. A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.

2. A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.

3. (rare, nonstandard) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.

noun

1. The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.

noun

1. (Australia, games, two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.

noun

1. (gymnastics) A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.

2. (Scotland) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.

verb

1. (gymnastics, intransitive) To perform the kip maneuver.