kip

noun16

1. •
   (UK, informal) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.

   • I’m just going for my afternoon kip.
2. •
   A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
3. •
   A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
4. •
   (nonstandard, rare) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
5. •
   The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
6. •
   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.
7. •
   (UK, informal) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
8. •
   The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
9. •
   The leather made from such hide.

   • 'Stockings, madam? Shoes?' 'Yes, your Honor — both.' 'Yarn, perhaps? Morocco?' 'Yarn, your Honor. And kip.' — 1902
10. •
    (UK, informal) A very untidy house or room.
11. •
    (Ireland) A job.

    • —I get paid this morning, Stephen said. —The school kip? Buck Mulligan said. How much? — 1922
12. •
    (informal, old-fashioned) A brothel.
13. •
    A bundle or set of such hides.
14. •
    (Australia) 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
15. •
    (Scotland) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
16. •
    (no longer used) A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.

verb5

1. •
   (UK, informal) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.

   • Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed.
2. •
   To perform the kip maneuver.
3. •
   (dialect, Scotland) To snatch; take up hastily; filch
4. •
   (dialect, Northern-England) To conduct oneself; act
5. •
   (no longer used) To hold or keep (together)

noun1

1. •
   Initialism of kinetic impact round (baton round).