Pip

See also: pip, PIP, PiP, and píp

English

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, and Philippa.
    • 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter I, in Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC:
      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

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

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