Pip
WordNet
noun
(1) A radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
(2) A mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
(3) A small hard seed found in some fruits
(4) A minor nonspecific ailment
(5) A disease of poultry
verb
(6) Defeat thoroughly
"He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
(7) Hit with a missile from a weapon
(8) Kill by firing a missile
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
- A diminutive form of the given names Philip, Phillip, and Philippa.
Quotations
- 1861 Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter 1:
- My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.