pip

noun13

1. •
   One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
2. •
   A spot; a speck.
3. •
   A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
4. •
   One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.

   • I could clearly hear the frequent cataclysms of the upstairs lavatory, and my day began with the pips for the morning news in Charlotte Lawless's kitchen. — 1982
5. •
   One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
6. •
   The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
7. •
   (US, informal) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.

   • She sure is a pip, that one. You need company? — 2006
8. •
   Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
9. •
   (humorous, old-fashioned) A disease, malaise or depression in humans.

   • I've got the pip horribly at present. — 1912
10. •
    A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
11. •
    (UK, old-fashioned) P in RAF phonetic alphabet.
12. •
    (UK) A seed inside certain fleshy fruits, such as the stone (pit) of a stonefruit or the smaller seeds of an orange or apple.

    • Apple pips are edible, but don't have a pleasant taste.
13. •
    (no longer used) A pippin, seed of any kind.

verb5

1. •
   To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin.

   • He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
2. •
   To remove the pips from.

   • Peel and pip the grapes.
3. •
   To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.
4. •
   To peep, to chirp.
5. •
   To hit with a gunshot.

   • The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.

noun6

1. •
   Acronym of picture-in-picture.
2. •
   Acronym of performance improvement plan.
3. •
   Acronym of personal independence payment.
4. •
   Acronym of peak inspiratory pressure.
5. •
   Acronym of predicted impact point.
6. •
   Acronym of product improvement program.

noun1

1. •
   Initialism of picture-in-picture.