1760–70, probably related to Danish kippe (“dive, hovel, cheap inn”) and Middle Low German kiffe (“hovel”). From the same distant Germanic root as cove.
Meanings
(Ireland, UK, informal) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
(Ireland, UK, informal) A very untidy house or room.
(Ireland, UK, dated, informal) A brothel.
(Ireland) A job.
—I get paid this morning, Stephen said.
—The school kip? Buck Mulligan said. How much? 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 11:
1760–70, probably related to Danish kippe (“dive, hovel, cheap inn”) and Middle Low German kiffe (“hovel”). From the same distant Germanic root as cove.
Meanings
(UK, informal) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
He took off his thick black coat and threw it to Harry.
"You can kip under that," he said. "Don' mind it if wriggles a bit, I think I still got a couple o' dormice in one o' the pockets." 1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, published 1998, page 60:
Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed.
"Steady on, mate. How was I to know this was your gaff? I was lookin' for somewhere to kip." 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 56:
fi nukkua (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · cs zdřímnout si (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · cs schrupnout si (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · cs přespat (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · nl een uiltje knappen (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · de schlafen (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · nl maffen (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · ru покема́рить (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · ru всхрапну́ть (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · ru перекема́рить (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · de knacken (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · ru переночева́ть (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · de ratzen (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · ru перекантова́ться (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · nl dutten (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · de pofen (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · de pennen (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · fi koisata (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · fi punkata (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation) · ru заночева́ть (to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation)
From Middle English kippen, from Old Norse kippa (“to pull; snatch”) or Middle Dutch kippen (“to grasp, seize, catch”). Cognate with Norwegian kippe (“to snatch”), Swedish kippa (“to snatch; jerk”); Dutch kippen (“to seize; catch”). Perhaps conflated with some senses of Middle English kepen (“to keep, observe, guard, take possession of, snatch”) (see keep).
Meanings
(Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, transitive) To snatch; take up hastily; filch
(intransitive, obsolete) To hold or keep (together)
(Northern-England, dialectal, intransitive) To conduct oneself; act
The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
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ja キープ (unit of currency in Laos) · ko 킵 (unit of currency in Laos) · nl kip (unit of currency in Laos) · cmn 老撾基普 /老挝基普 (unit of currency in Laos) · de Kip (unit of currency in Laos) · ru кип (unit of currency in Laos) · lo ກີບ (unit of currency in Laos) · vi kíp Lào (unit of currency in Laos) · th กีบ (unit of currency in Laos) · ar كِيب (unit of currency in Laos) · vi kíp (unit of currency in Laos) · cmn 基普 (unit of currency in Laos) · km គីប (unit of currency in Laos)
Unknown. Perhaps related to Yorkshire and Lincolnshire dialect kep, to toss up into the air. Or else, perhaps related to German Kippe (“stub”).
Meanings
(Australia, qualifier:two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
Again Turk placed the pennies on the kip. He took his time, deliberate over the small action, held the kip for a long breathless moment, then jerked his wrist and the pennies were in the air. 1951, Jon Cleary, The Sundowners, published 1952, page 208:
Jack discarded a length of wood, two twists of wire, his two-up kip and a spanner. 2010, Colin McLaren, Sunflower: A Tale of Love, War and Intrigue, page 101:
Money was laid on the floor for bets on the heads or tails finish of two pennies tossed high into the air from a small wooden kip. 2003, Gilbert Buchanan, Malco Polia - Traveller, Warrior, page 52:
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.
(Scotland) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
ca ballesta (gymnastics: move or maneuver from below the equipment to above it) · fi kippi (gymnastics: move or maneuver from below the equipment to above it) · fr bascule (gymnastics: move or maneuver from below the equipment to above it) · ca bàscula (gymnastics: move or maneuver from below the equipment to above it) · de Kippe (gymnastics: move or maneuver from below the equipment to above it)