1. one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes: You need to match the two pips on this domino with two pips on one of your dominoes.
2. each of the small segments into which the surface of a pineapple is divided: Cut off the top of the pineapple, slicing through the first row of pips.
3. metal insigne of rank on the shoulders of commissioned officers: the museum's collection of German pips and buttons.
4. Horticulture.
• an individual rootstock of a plant, especially of the lily of the valley: This low-growing perennial forms dense clumps from its slender pips.
• a portion of the rootstock or root of several other plants: The peony's pips are those budlike growths at the top of the tuber.

1. a contagious disease of birds, especially poultry, characterized by the secretion of a thick mucus in the mouth and throat: The last thing they wanted to find in the henhouse was a chicken with pip.
2. any minor or unspecified ailment in a person: Oh, no, not that annoying neighbor—he gives me the pip.

1. a small seed, especially of a fleshy fruit, as an apple or orange: Does the juicer remove the pips or just grind them up?
2. someone or something wonderful: Last night's party was a pip.

1. to peep or chirp: Listen to those chicks pip!
2. (of a hatching bird) to break out from the shell: How long before the eaglets start pipping?

3. to crack or chip a hole through (the shell), as a hatching bird: All but one of the new brood has pipped through their shells.

1. blip (def. 1): observing the radar screen for unusual pips.

1. to blackball: Are you telling me I've been pipped from the entire music industry?
2. to defeat (an opponent): No one expected our team to pip those hotshots from Birmingham.
3. to shoot, especially to wound or kill by a gunshot: Get that pistol out of here before someone gets pipped.

1. a male given name, form of Philip.

1. the seed of a fleshy fruit, such as an apple or pear
2. any of the segments marking the surface of a pineapple
3. a rootstock or flower of the lily of the valley or certain other plants

1. a short high-pitched sound, a sequence of which can act as a time signal, esp on radio
2. a radar blip
• a spot or single device, such as a spade, diamond, heart, or club on a playing card
• any of the spots on dice or dominoes
4. the emblem worn on the shoulder by junior officers in the British Army, indicating their rank

5. (of a young bird)
• to chirp; peep
• to pierce (the shell of its egg) while hatching
6. to make a short high-pitched sound

1. a contagious disease of poultry characterized by the secretion of thick mucus in the mouth and throat
2. a minor human ailment
3. a bad temper or depression (esp in the phrase give (someone) the pip)
4. to sulk

5. to cause to be annoyed or depressed

1. to wound or kill, esp with a gun
2. to defeat (a person), esp when his success seems certain (often in the phrase pip at the post)
3. to blackball or ostracize

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