Pip

See also: pip, PIP, PiP, and píp

English

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Pip

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Pronunciation

• enPR: pĭp, IPA^(key): /pɪp/
• Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Pip (plural Pips)

1. A diminutive form of the given names Philip, Phillip, Pippi and Philippa.
   • 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter I, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 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.

Derived terms

• Guy and Pip

Etymology 2

An allusion to the newspaper cartoon strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.

Proper noun

Pip

1. (UK, military, World War I, slang) The 1914 Star or 1914–15 Star medal.

   Coordinate terms: Squeak, Wilfred

Anagrams

• IPP, PPI